course update

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/doc/gf-course.html b/doc/gf-course.html
index 85084ac74..948f58d48 100644
--- a/doc/gf-course.html
+++ b/doc/gf-course.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>Graduate Course: GF (Grammatical Framework)</H1>
 <FONT SIZE="4">
 <I>Aarne Ranta</I><BR>
-Tue Aug 21 09:21:59 2007
+Fri Aug 31 09:01:15 2007
 </FONT></CENTER>
 
 <P>
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Autumn Term 2007.
 </P>
 <H1>News</H1>
 <P>
+31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
+</P>
+<P>
 21/8 Course mailing list started. 
 To subscribe, send a mail to <CODE>gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se</CODE> 
 (replacing spaces by dots except around the word at, where the spaces 
@@ -53,13 +56,15 @@ practical skills in using it.
 <P>
 The course consists of two modules. The first module is a one-week
 intensive course (during the first intensive week of GSLT), which
-is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies.
+is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies,
+if completed with a small course project.
 </P>
 <P>
-The second module is an independent programming project, written
+The second module is a larger programming project, written
 by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term.
-This module ends with a three days' meeting where the projects are
-presented and discussed.
+The projects are discussed during the second intensive week of GSLT
+(see <A HREF="http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html">schedule</A>),
+and presented at a date that will be set later.
 </P>
 <P>
 The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ The lectures follow the
 <A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html">GF Tutorial</A>.
 <B>There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September</B>.
 Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
-as their course work during the intensive week.
+as their course work during and after the first intensive week.
 </P>
 <P>
 Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ project. Possible topics are
 <H1>Prerequisites</H1>
 <P>
 Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing
-experience is necessary.
+or functional programming experience is necessary.
 </P>
 <P>
 The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students,
@@ -106,5 +111,5 @@ who wish to build resources for their own language in GF.
 </P>
 
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diff --git a/doc/gf-course.txt b/doc/gf-course.txt
index 75491746f..4edfd9cfd 100644
--- a/doc/gf-course.txt
+++ b/doc/gf-course.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Autumn Term 2007.
 
 =News=
 
+31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
+
 21/8 Course mailing list started. 
 To subscribe, send a mail to ``gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se`` 
 (replacing spaces by dots except around the word at, where the spaces 
@@ -48,12 +50,14 @@ practical skills in using it.
 
 The course consists of two modules. The first module is a one-week
 intensive course (during the first intensive week of GSLT), which
-is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies.
+is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies,
+if completed with a small course project.
 
-The second module is an independent programming project, written
+The second module is a larger programming project, written
 by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term.
-This module ends with a three days' meeting where the projects are
-presented and discussed.
+The projects are discussed during the second intensive week of GSLT
+(see [schedule http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html]),
+and presented at a date that will be set later.
 
 The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
 - using the GF programming language
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ The lectures follow the
 [GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html].
 **There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September**.
 Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
-as their course work during the intensive week.
+as their course work during and after the first intensive week.
 
 Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial
 project. Possible topics are
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ project. Possible topics are
 =Prerequisites=
 
 Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing
-experience is necessary.
+or functional programming experience is necessary.
 
 The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students,
 and for graduate students in computer science.