The Oral Method of Teaching Languages: A Monograph on Conversational Methods, Together With a Full Description and Abundant, Examples of Fifty Appropriate Forms of Work (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Oral Method of Teaching Languages: A Monograph on Conversational Methods, Together With a Full Description and Abundant, Examples of Fifty Appropriate Forms of WorkA few months ago, when I was busy correcting the proofs of my Principles of Language Study, one of my colleagues asked me why that book Should not be followed up by one to be entitled How to Conduct a Conversation Course. He went on to say that the demand for language-lessons on a conversational basis was rapidly increasing, not only in England, but all over the world - and that there was apparently not a single book yet in existence which gave clear and precise indica tions to teachers as to how such a course Should be con ducted it was left to each individual teacher to work out his own system, good, bad or indifferent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.