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FRENCH METHOD,

BY

F. DUFFET,

Officier d'Académie; Professor of Languages; Member of the
"Association Polytechnique," Paris.

REVISED, AND ADAPTED TO THE USE OF AMERICAN
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,

BY

ALFRED HENNEQUIN, Ph. D.

Instructor in French and German in the University of Michigan;
Author of "A New Treatise on the French Verbs,"
"First French Reading Lessons,” etc.

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REMARKS TO TEACHERS.

WE would respectfully advise teachers using this book to
adopt the plan of study suggested hereafter:

1st. Lay all possible stress on a correct pronunciation. Do
not, however, delay the study of the Grammar proper too long.
Should the students find the application of the rules on pronun-
ciation too difficult, give the rules yourself in connection with
practical illustrations from the words of the "Lessons;" and
then, at some later time, review the rules in the book.

2d. If the exercises are too long for the time allotted to the
study of French, assign certain portions in each of the exer-
cises, both from the beginning and the end of the "Lesson."

3d. Use the French Exercises, at the end of Part First (p. 199),
in connection with the first twenty-five lessons.

4th. Begin the study of the Verbs, -as independent work, --
as soon as the scholars have become familiar with the pronun-
ciation. Devote whole recitations to this portion of the Gram-
mar once in a while. If necessary, use a separate work, deal-
ing with the Verbs only, especially if you wish to begin to read
before PART FIRST has been completed.

5th. When the "Reader" is first introduced, attach a great
deal of importance to the words, explaining, when this is pos-
sible, their relation to English or their formation in French;
and use the text principally as a means of reviewing and ex-
plaining the Grammar.

6th. Make conversation, from the very beginning, an impor-
tant phase of the study of the language.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by WILSON, HINKLE & Co.,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Copyright, 1881, by VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & Co.

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