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... acquiring the ancient tongues has led to the exaggerated importance assigned in school— especially in the secondary school - to the pursuit of the formal , i.e. , grammar , to the exclusion of the sub- stance of the language , the real ...
... acquiring the ancient tongues has led to the exaggerated importance assigned in school— especially in the secondary school - to the pursuit of the formal , i.e. , grammar , to the exclusion of the sub- stance of the language , the real ...
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... acquire are merely subsidiary ; and , not to speak here of the introduction these languages give us to other literatures , their chief value in the education of youth is that they help to bring into relief for us the character of our ...
... acquire are merely subsidiary ; and , not to speak here of the introduction these languages give us to other literatures , their chief value in the education of youth is that they help to bring into relief for us the character of our ...
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... acquired with more or less success , the teacher's work is thereafter largely re- stricted by himself to the formal or grammatical . You certainly discipline the mind in this way , but , most assuredly , you cannot so best educate it ...
... acquired with more or less success , the teacher's work is thereafter largely re- stricted by himself to the formal or grammatical . You certainly discipline the mind in this way , but , most assuredly , you cannot so best educate it ...
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... acquired connotations in the course of daily use , gives them an additional claim on our attention , and additional importance as a mental training . The words we acquire by scientific study are like the words we acquire through an ...
... acquired connotations in the course of daily use , gives them an additional claim on our attention , and additional importance as a mental training . The words we acquire by scientific study are like the words we acquire through an ...
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... acquired without the children knowing that they are acquiring them1 . 4. Abridgment and Narrative Writing . — The next stage is to accustom the pupils to write consecutive paragraphs which contain an abridgment of the day's reading ...
... acquired without the children knowing that they are acquiring them1 . 4. Abridgment and Narrative Writing . — The next stage is to accustom the pupils to write consecutive paragraphs which contain an abridgment of the day's reading ...
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