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The Grasdiae of a Language, Quintilian has justly remarked, is like the foundation of a building the most important part, although out of sight, and not always properly valued by those most interested in. its condition. In the opinion of many modern educators, there is a tendency, on the part of all, to neglect this important branch of English Education not so much from a conviction that the science is not important, as that there is a radical defect in the common method of presenting it to the attention of the learner. This was the sentiment of the Author when, some fifteen years since, he was called to the supervision of a Literary Institution, in which was established a department for the education of Teachers. Accordingly, recourse was had to oral instruction; and, for the convenience of Teachers, a manuscript Grammar was prepared, which embodied the principles of the science and the Authors mode of presenting it. These principles and this method have been properly tested by numerous and advanced classes during the seven ycai-s last past. The manuscript has in the mean time, from continued additions, unexpectedly become a book. It has received the favorable notice of Teachers, and its publication has been, by Teachers, repeatedly solicited. To these solicitations the Author is constrained to jield, and in the hope and belief that the work will add to the stock of human knowledge, or at least tend to that result, by giving an increased interest to the study of the English language, it is, with difiBdence, submitted to the public. In revising the work for publication, an effort has been made to rendc Tit simple in style, comprehensive in matter adapted to the capacities of the younger pupil, and to the wants of the more advanced scholar. It is confidently believed that the Method of teaching Grammar herein suggested, is the true method. The method adopted by most text-books may be well suited to the wants of foreigners in first learning our language. They need first to learn our Alphabet the power and sounds, and the proper combinations cf Letters tho definitions of words and their classification according to definitions.
The Grasdiae of a Language, Quintilian has justly remarked, is like the foundation of a building the most important part, although out of sight, and not always properly valued by those most interested in. its condition. In the opinion of many modern educators, there is a tendency, on the part of all, to neglect this important branch of English Education not so much from a conviction that the science is not important, as that there is a radical defect in the common method of presenting it to the attention of the learner. This was the sentiment of the Author when, some fifteen years since, he was called to the supervision of a Literary Institution, in which was established a department for the education of Teachers. Accordingly, recourse was had to oral instruction; and, for the convenience of Teachers, a manuscript Grammar was prepared, which embodied the principles of the science and the Authors mode of presenting it. These principles and this method have been properly tested by numerous and advanced classes during the seven ycai-s last past. The manuscript has in the mean time, from continued additions, unexpectedly become a book. It has received the favorable notice of Teachers, and its publication has been, by Teachers, repeatedly solicited. To these solicitations the Author is constrained to jield, and in the hope and belief that the work will add to the stock of human knowledge, or at least tend to that result, by giving an increased interest to the study of the English language, it is, with difiBdence, submitted to the public. In revising the work for publication, an effort has been made to rendc Tit simple in style, comprehensive in matter adapted to the capacities of the younger pupil, and to the wants of the more advanced scholar. It is confidently believed that the Method of teaching Grammar herein suggested, is the true method. The method adopted by most text-books may be well suited to the wants of foreigners in first learning our language. They need first to learn our Alphabet the power and sounds, and the proper combinations cf Letters tho definitions of words and their classification according to definitions.
Book Details
| PIBN: | 1000006065 | |
| Category: | Language - English Language | |
| Year: | 1868 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Pages: | 319 | |
| Words: | 87554 | |
| Unique Words: | 5797 (excluding 311 stopwords) | |
| Sample: | Download | |
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