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Manesoa'B Oral System of Teaching French. 1

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The chief featnre of this now syntem is, that it seeks to introdace the leanier of s langnago to its voosbnlaiy by the same process which ohildren foUow : by leading liim from the simpleet éléments — ^the ezprewions and phrases needed in our Mrliest expérience— gradaally np to the philosophy of the langosfte. The beginnûif^ is made, therefore, not with grammar

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and the philosophie stztictiire of the laDgaage, but witb its simple words and sentenoes. ' ^

** The systerp for tcaching languages discovered by Jean Manesca is the tystem of nature; it is the resnlt of twenty years' stady and the observation of a superior mind. In speaking of thia admirable method, I do not speak at random, and withoat knowledge; I hâve stadied several languagcs upon the System — ^the French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Ijatin. I hâve ezamined the varions methods employed in Europe, and, from my own observation, I consider Manesca^s System inflnitely superior to oll the valons methods which hâve been put forth by pcrsons seckiiig to abridge the labor of learning languages. In fact, it is the only method that I hâve yet seen that deserves the name of ststsm — for it is a WHOLE, complète in ail its parts, bosed upon the laws and principles whioh nature employs in teaching language to the young mind, but embracing tûl the parts of language, and only modifying naturels method, sofar os to adapt it to mature oge, or to the mind that can rcason, and bring the aid of refiection and thought to bear in the study of languuge ; whereas the. child brings only instinct. * * * It commences by giving to the scholar some of theSimplest éléments of language, which ho leams qaickly and easUy to use, physically and mentally, as well as those of his own language. When this is done, new éléments — ^thatis, new words and ideas — are added, which arc incorporated in a natural way with those already known, and used with them until an equally perfect knowledge of them is obtained. New éléments are progressivély added at each lesson, until the whole language is learned. With twenty years* expérience, Manesca methodized language ; he distributcd ail the éléments in the monner the student should Icaru them, and his System teaches him to read^ to write^ and Uj speak at the same time.^'

*' This Is a new édition of a work which hasulready aoqaired a réputation so extcndud, that few can be unacquainted with its excellence over ail others for the acquisition of the FrencU language. Until this work appeared, a few years sinoe, little 'uul been done to advance the eeience of teaohing foreigu lan-

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gua^es. Those who were mtruBted with this branch of eduetition generally foliowed a routine handed àovrn to them by their predecessors — a routine in which it waa'often required that words, sentences, and abstract rules shonld be coramitted to memory, without presenting to the pupil an opportumtyfor their use and application, Many intelligent teachers no doubt felt the inefficiency of such a method, but it appears to bave been reserved for Manesca to find out a new patb which should lead to certain and auccessful résulte, and at the same time immeasurably relieve the scholar. A striking pcculiarity of this System, and by which it pre-^miuently excolâ oll others that hâve ever corne within our notice, is the importance it attaches to the apoken language, and the facility ib présents to the scholar for the acquisition of this most important part of his pursuit."

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