Excerpt from French Theory And Practice For Schools, Colleges, And Private Teaching The extent of our daily vocabulary is exceedingly small; some authorities limit it to six hundred words. It is easily seen that if eight hundred words, judiciously selected, are embodied in proper exercises, it is quite possible to speak and read the language, with sufficient facility for ordinary purposes, in a very short time. The selection of these words was one of the chief efforts of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Elements of French: A Practical Course for High Schools and Colleges The great progress in the teaching of modern languages is due in part to the large and constantly increasing num ber of methods of instruction and grammars which have been published lately. Each of these has been a step for ward, and it is earnestly hoped that, in justification of its appearance, the same may be said of the little book, which, written at first for his own students, the author ventures to submit to the kind attention and criticism of the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from French Lessons: A Demonstration of the Direct Method in Elementary Teaching The visit of Director Walter to this country is due to the invitation extended to him by the Trus tees of Teachers College, Columbia University. His recognized position as one of the foremost expo neuts of the Reform-method in modern language teaching made it desirable that he should find an Opportunity to illustrate his theories in practice, and the accompanying lessons accurately recorded by Miss Ballard are a faithful transcript of eighteen lessons, sixteen of which were given by him to a group of children previously unacquainted with French. The value of lessons recorded with the most nu compromising fidelity has been recognized for some time by the Secondary Education Department of Teachers College, and a series of Stenographic Reports on lessons of various types, and in various subjects, published by Teachers College in 1910, has afforded abundant food for thought and study to practical teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Practical French Course in Fifty Lessons: An Entirely New Method In the subsequent practical lessons the student is led, gradually and logically, through the intricacies of the lan guage, from those conventional phrases in current daily use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from "Our Method" For Teaching Practical French Exercises for Translation, relating to the Grammatical Rules.; French Anecdotes; French Witticisms; Military Section; Army, Navy, Aviation, Hospital, Soldiers Slang; La Marseillaise; Sights of Paris and its surroundings; Supplementary remarks; A few suggestions as to what books to read; The articles: "definite" - "indefinite" (lesson I). "At the," "to the" au, a la, aux. - "From the," "of the" du, de la, des (lesson II); Partitive Article: some, any, (lesson II).; Gender Plural of nouns; Nouns: Formation of some nouns (lesson I).; Gender - Plural of nouns; Interrogative and Negative forms: (lesson I).; Also; Auxiliary Verbs: Avoir (have); Etre (be); Formation of Present tense; Formation of Past tenses; Formation of Future; Formation of Conditional; Reflective or pronominal verbs; Use of the tenses of the Verbs; Verb Section complete; conjugations regular irregular passive impersonal, etc; Demonstrative possessive indefinite. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.