Method for Teaching Modern Languages II. [antikvár]

PREFACE As this book is only a continuation of the series beg^n in the first book, the author does not think it necessary to repeat here a description of his method of teaching. The first book contains the most necessary vocabulary for simple conversations, especially such as is useful in travelling; few abstract expressions and only elementary grammatical constructions are admitted. in the second book the vocabulary is gradually enriched with abstract words and idiomatic expressions, which are generally employed so as to render their signification evident through context, or in such a manner that the teacher will find in the preceding lessons the words necessary for explaining the new phrases. Even in the exercises new words are frequently introduced. It is therefore always necessary to do the exercises orally in the lessons (before having them written out at home) in order to have an opportunity for explanations and additional drill. The lessons are to be given in the same way as those at the end of the first book; i, e., the teacher reads one or several sentences, makes the student also read them, corrects his pronunciation, asks him questions like those in the exercises (but a great many more), until the student is perfectly familiarized with all the expressions and can speak fluently and correctly on the subject in question. In a number of pieces the author has had to embody words that did not strictly belong to the subject r