SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR (WITHOUT RULES) EXEMPLIFIED, OR A NEW, EASY, AND CERTAIN PLAN FOR SPEAKING FRENCH "Quand il s'agit d'une langue vivante, le chemin de l'usage est plus court que LONDON: WHITTAKER & Co.; MDCCCLVIII. 303. c. 96. The object of this little book, and its distinguishing feature, is to enable the Pupil, however young, to speak French at the very commencement, naturally, and in the same way as he acquired his mother tongue, when a child, viz:-by means of the EAR, the TONGUE, and the MEMORY. ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL. DIRECTIONS FOR THE RIGHT USE OF THIS BOOK, TO BE OBSERVED IN EVERY LESSON. I. THE VOCABULARY. THE French words in the Vocabulary, placed at the commencement of each Lesson, must be slowly and distinctly read by the Teacher, the Pupil pronouncing them after him. In this manner the Lesson must be repeated several times, until the EAR and the TONGUE of the Learner have become thoroughly familiar with the different sounds. When this is done, the words are to be committed to MEMORY. II.-THE PHRASES. The Teacher and Pupil must continue the reading of the questions and answers, which are entirely made from the vocabulary. It is found a good exercise to ask and answer each other in the Phrases repeatedly, until they are familiar to the EAR and TONGUE of the Pupils. By this easy mode of continual repetition, the groundwork of conversation is impressed on the MEMORY, and supersedes the old and objectionable system of learning Phrases. These dialogues must then be translated into English upon a slate. |