TwextFormat

=TWEXT FORMAT=
 * TWEXT FORMAT
 * twin texts presented in bifocal bitext alignment
 * text to help us learn to read.. in many languages

BIFOCAL BITEXT
bifocal bitext formats twin texts designed to help us learn more language

TWEXT LINE BREAK

 * TWEXT LINE BREAK
 * line break method for a chunk of bitext

chunk of bitext

 * CHUNK OF BITEXT
 * chunk of aligned text/twext presentation

problem: if chunk of bitext doesn't fit on line, then it must be broken and continued on next line solution: a. find where chunk of bitext must break b. break both text and twext proportionally b. pre-break twext portion flushes right c. post-break twext portion flushes left

twext line break example
if page width is quite narrow, like twenty-two characters, then many twext line breaks are needed

I F  P A G E   W I D T H   I S   Q U I T E  si. ancho de pagina. esta muy e-

N A R R O W,  L I K E   T W E N T Y - T W O -strecho. como. veinte y dos

C H A R A C T E R S,  T H E N   M A N Y  characteres. entonces. -

T W E X T  L I N E   B R E A K S   A R E -muchas quebraditas twextos. se -

N E E D E D -nececitan

so when a bitext chunk is broken, twext part of first half flushes right, while twext part of second half flushes left

thus, the reader may gather a chunk has broken

twext line breaks are less necessary when formatting lyrics or poems, so it may be useful to first focus on lyric formats

flowchart
http://twext.cc/dev/format/TwextLineBreakFlowchart.pdf

code
c code able to do twext line breaks might be in http://twext.cc/dev/format

SEPARATE FOCAL PLANES
insertion of faint twext "sub" text between lines of readibly readable text-to-learn enable reader to focus on the text-to-learn yet provide instructive twext text if needed

it just kinda hurts to read the twext, so it's easier just to learn the text

PURPOSE
twext bifocal bitext format purpose is to provide a little more comprehensible input, when needed, when reading "foreign" text.

HELP US LEARN LANGUAGES
no language method is completely perfect, so twext may not be useful to everyone, but it may prove useful to many language learners

critique
critique twext method in separate talk critique twext format here or here

assisted reading doesn't help
assisted reading formats have failed tests, since users tend to just read the translation without learning the text.

twext may offer new elements worth testing: • bifocal bitext: translation info can be nearly invisible • interface: students choose material that truly interests them • flexible: text and translation can both be multi-or-monolingual • chunk size: variable from single-syllable to multi-sentence • MuT: marked-up-twext enables comment-per-chunk enrichment • System: twext makes it lots easier to format BifocalBitext

only immersion only
many believe immersion is the only way to learn language twext offers no single only way, but maybe a useful complementary alternative for certain learning styles

wixi intent
intent of WiXi is to improve language methods if twext proves useful, then it may be helpful we won't really find out without twexter software..

WiXi