A First German Book After The Direct Method Classic Reprint

Excerpt from First Book in German IN this book an attempt has been made to work out, for the classroom, the principles I have set forth in The Teaching of German in Secondary Schools. It is not a radical textbook, yet I trust that ardent reformers will find in it abundant reading material and exercises thor oughly in harmony with the direct method. English sentences for translation have been provided, however, for the benefit of those teachers who wish to use them. 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 Max Walter's German Lessons: A Demonstration of the Direct Method in Elementary Teaching; Given at Teachers College, Columbia University From February to the End of April, 1911 During the second term of 1910-11 Director Walter of the Frankfort Musterschule, who' is known as one of the leading exponents of the Reform Method in modern language teaching, was Visiting Professor at Teachers College in response to an invitation extended to him by the trustees of the institution. In a series of twenty lectures intended for teachers, he set forth his views on the teaching of German to American beginners. He was afforded by the courtesy of Principal Pearson of the Ele mentary Department of the Horace Mann School. The Opportunity to illustrate his theory in practice with a group of children previously unacquainted with German, and this phase of his work came to be recognized as one of the striking features of his activity. It demonstrated as no lectures could have done what a part in successful teaching the resource fulness of the teacher plays; it held through ten weeks the undivided interest of the children and of the teachers in attendance. 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 Industrial Colonies and Village Settlements for the Consumptive Symonds, and we together examined the patients, sampled the climate and other conditions, and argued with Unger and Ruedi. Then for the second time came Hope; more solid Hope. Given a fairly early case, and three years, and recovery was in the offing. And so we went on cheerfully with Davos. But Davos was not for every one; nor was every case an early 'one. Then came the discovery that lower altitudes would do if certain conditions were obtained; and so arose the great sanatorium movement. But slowly we found that patients could not spend their lives in sanatoriums; and one day on making my way up to one of them in England, I met on the way patient after patient, slouching along, bored to death with themselves and with each other; and even worse in morale than in body. Better discipline and better notions of thera peutics mended some of that; still I could not forget those listless saunterers, and it became evident to some of us, however unwillingly, that Hope was drooping again. The sanatorium was doing a great educative work no doubt; but at the end of its four or six months - what then? To send the patient away with recommendations about light jobs, and a regime, was almost a mockery or quite. What about the wage, and the family to be supported? The next lesson was brought home to me by a visit with other commissioners to certain cities, concerning some such problems. Before me now I see a gaunt hollow-eyed man, coughing, and leaning against the wall as he tried to talk to us, saying that his mates when he came out of the sanatorium - good fellows as they were - had bought him a milk that he might creep round, and earn a bit. The brave wife, shawl on head and mill apron on, had just come from the factory, and apologised for the dirty house - as well she might. The poor thing was working all day at the factory to keep the wolf from the door. All being dragged down together into the pit! What is the value of a good house, or a clean house, if no wages! What is there for the children? And what is to stop the infection! Who then would have the imagination, the initiative, the business capacity, to lift this burden, like lifting a world? 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 The Grammar of the German Language: Philosophically Developed The Grammar now offered to the English Public is de signed both for the beginner and for the more advanced student. To the former, a few observations on the right mode of using it, may not be superfluous. 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 A Compendious German Grammar A. Careful distinction of the contents of the book by variety of type, according to their degree of immediate importance, has been attempted throughout. Especially, I have meant to put into the largest type (sm. Pica) just about so much as the scholar ought to learn carefully and thoroughly in his first course of grammar-lessons, preparatory to reading. This a class should acquire, according to the age and capacity and previous training of its members, in from twelve to twenty-five lessons; and should then at once be put into reading, while the grammar is taken up again, and such part of what was before omitted is learned as the judgment of the intelligent teacher shall direct. It is solely as auxiliary to the first course of lessons that the Exercises are intended - to furnish, namely, to the teacher the opportunity of drilling his pupils in the practical application of the more important rules and principles while they are learning them, or gaining practice in parsing, subject by sub ject, instead of leaving the whole work to be taken up at once when reading is begun. While believing that they will be found valuable in this way, I would not press their use, but would leave it to each one's decision whether to employ or neglect them. Nothing has been put in the largest type after the subject of conjugation is finished, nor anything anywhere in syntax: the main principles of construction, and the use of particles, are sufficiently alike in English and German to allow the pupil to begin reading without having studied them especially in German. 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 A Guide for the Study of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell This guide, as the others prepared by the writers, is intended to assist the pupils in the preparation for class room work and to make the introduction of the direct method in literary work an easier task for the teacher. It is a generally accepted fact that the teacher must cultivate a feeling for the language of a nation before the literature of a nation can be thoroughly under stood. It is our Opinion, based on experience, that a practical use of the language is the best means of giving the pupils a living Sprachgefilhl. The pupil thus gains a better preparation for the practical needs of the times, as well as a more thorough foundation for understanding the works of the poets. Even the most conservative teachers concede that the ability to read German texts, without first rendering them into English, is the ideal end to be attained in modern language teaching. Nevertheless, they insist upon employing a method which leads exactly in the Opposite direction, possibly, because they find that studying literature by the use of German in the classroom means an additional task to thealreadv overburdened teacher. It can not be denied that it really does mean more practical preparation and more intensive work for the teacher. Realizing this and convinced of the fact that the teacher will be repaid by more satisfactory results for his additional labor, the writers ofier this guide to the members of the profession, hoping that it will lighten the work for the teachers using German in the classroom, and trusting that it will prove an inducement for teachers still adhering to the trmslation method to give the direct method a fair trial. 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.