The Berlitz method for teaching modern languages [antikvár]

The Berlitz Method of Teaching Langnages. "Every one learns Germán or any other language much better írom hearing it spoken in the house, in business and at church, tban from books." Dr. Martin Lntber. Tlie Berlitz Method is an imitation of the natural process by which a child learns its mother tongne. In it, translation as a means of acquiring a toreigQ language, is entirely abandoned. From the very lirst lesson, the student hears only the language he is studying. The reasons for this mode of introducing the new tongue are as follows: 1. In ail trauslation-methods, most of the time is taken up by explanations in the student's mother tongue, while but few words during the lesson are spoken in the language to be learned. It is evident that such a procedure is contrary to common sense. 2. He who is seeking to acquire a foreign language by means of translation, neither gets hold of its spiiit nor does he become accustomed to think in it; on the 1*