Talk:Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod grammar

idea of this page
The idea of this page is to offer a more compact introduction to Spanish grammar than offered by the SpanishPod lessons included in this wikibook. Moreover, it should be a continuous text, such that it is easier to find particular explanations.

However, only the grammar that is relevant for the SpanishPod lessons should be included. There are a couple of reasons for this:
 * the size of these grammar notes should be kept small in order not to overwhelm readers, to make it easier to navigate the notes, and to motivate readers to actually read all the notes
 * the content should be considered relvant by readers; since they will tend to believe that only the grammar used in the lessons is relevant, this is what should be discussed in these grammar notes
 * by restricting the content this way, it is easier to draw a line regarding detail and coverage of topics
 * discussing only the grammar that is relevant in the SpanishPod lessons will allow us to give examples from the dialogues for every topic that is discussed
 * restricting the content makes the writing of this page much more manageable; otherwise we might end up rewriting the Wikipedia article on Spanish grammar with lots of examples.

Some guidelines for these notes:
 * The style of these grammar notes should be pretty informal (although I don't think that "folks" is an appropriate way of addressing readers in written texts; I guess an occasional "you" is more appropriate).
 * There should be lots of examples from the lesson dialogues. The index at Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod dialogues can be used to find appropriate examples.
 * The format of the examples should be similar to the index, including the inline audio player, English translation and link to the lesson.
 * Additional links to lessons are only necessary if the grammar point is not discussed in the dialogue break down. In these cases the link to the lesson should include a time stamp to help readers find the discussion in the audio file.

--Martin Kraus (talk) 12:42, 11 December 2008 (UTC)