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PREFACE
quickly pointed out, and to secure to the pupil an accurate pronunciation of the language. After the fourth lesson exceptional cases of pronunciation are pointed out.
- Heavy type is used for the variable inflections of nouns, verbs, etc., because it strikes the eye and thus helps the pupil to note all changes of these French words. The beginning is made with the auxiliaries of tense, because their use is a necessity from the very first lesson in the language.
- The value of both the First and Second French Books will be greatly enhanced by the use of our Synopsis of French Grammar, and the Vocabulary explaining, through the French only, all the words used in the First and Second Books, and especially prepared as their companions. These are novel features in a French course, but their utility will at once commend them to the experienced teacher. In no other way can the student insure a perfectly systematic conrse in language than by a tabular exhibit of the language, and in no easier way can he rapidly acquire a large vocabulary than by the task of explaining words. Such a practice promises, moreover, not only the acquisition of the language studied and its facile use, but is sure to prove a step to sound linguistic culture.
Proper use of the book in schools
The author recommends, from his own experience, as the most successful method of using the First French Book:
- Each lesson should be first read by the teacher to the class, and then in concert by teacher and pupils.
- One pupil should next read by paragraphs, and after the reading of a paragraph a series of conversations should be developed.
