The Teaching of Oral English

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J.B. Lippincott, 1920 - 225 páginas
 

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Página 111 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página iv - They should be tuld as little as possible, aud induced to discover as much as possible. Humanity has progressed solely by self-instruction; and that to achieve the best results, each mind must progress somewhat after the same fashion, is continually proved by the marked success of self-made men.
Página 111 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did...
Página iv - Humanity has progressed solely by self-instruction ; and that to achieve the best results, each mind must progress somewhat after the same fashion, is continually proved by the marked success of self-made men. Those who have been brought up under the ordinary school-drill, and have carried away with them the idea that education is practicable only in that style, will think it hopeless to make children their own teachers.
Página 3 - ... of literary appreciation by means of: (a) The answering of a number of simple, suggestive questions on standard texts not previously prescribed.
Página 172 - Medical inspection and the work of the visiting nurses alone, thru the direction of the schools, can do more for the moral welfare of the children of this nation than all the children's courts can ever do. One of two things seems fairly plain: either we must revise our ideas of what is to be exacted from the public schools, or we must reorganize the schools upon a very different and much broader and more expensive foundation. If education is to be made not merely a period of schooling, not even a...
Página 91 - word, science." Derived forms : logic (18j'ik), catalog, prolSgue. See Word. logic, the science of reasoning. — An argument in logical form is called a syllogism: — (Major prem'ise) All men are mortal; (Minor prem'ise) John is a man; (Conclusion) Therefore John is mortal.
Página xi - Each pupil must be given the training in speaking. 3. A pupil's speech must be caught in the making, for a memorized speech is not oral composing. 4. Personal poise, management of voice, phraseology, and power of thinking must all be trained. 5. Oral composition should be used in connection with other studies that permit of topical discussion.
Página 106 - Daisy, the Rose of England, the Thistle of Scotland, the Shamrock of Ireland...
Página 3 - ... need of more systematic work in oral composition, but many are at a loss how to manage it in connection with the text-book. The object of this paper is to show how much oral composition is used in one school with astonishingly good results. The need for this system of oral composition was emphasized by the New York State Association of English Teachers, meeting at Columbia University recently, when they revised the college entrance requirements as follows: (1.) Test of written composition by...

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