Download or read book Modern Language Notes, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Johns Hopkins University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Language Notes, Vol. 3 W'hen he 'comes to enumerate the elements ofthe utility which he claims for the modern lau guages, it is interesting to see that the lecturer places first the fact (p.5) that a knowledge of French and German doubles and trebles the library whence knowledge may be drawn; and in his analysis of method t/ze teaching of reading, he says, I put that clearly first. He says (p.26) I would always begin with a book and claims (p. 13)that for all, young or old, the eye is incomparably the swifter gate to knowledge, and it is the only means of rapidly acquiring accuracy. He insists that elementary (oral) work on lan guage should be confined to the mother tongue; and adds the important conclusion that the power of conversing in a foreign lan guage can be acquired at least as easily late as early that it is much less important than trans lation, much less important than composition, and that in learning it, at whatever age, we waste power if we proceed by ear only. Yet he does not undervalue the oflice of the ear, and adds an interesting paragraph on Dictation and Audition - that is, writing and listening from oral repetition;-but all these he holds to be subordinate to the main purpose of reading, and to the linguistic training and literary cul ture to be derived from the study of modern languages. Surely it is gratifying to see how closely the views which Mr. Colbeck repre sents are in accord with those formally enun ciated by the, Modern Language Association of America. 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.