A Practical Introduction to French Phonetics: For the Use of English-Speaking Students and Teachers (Classic Reprint) by G G Nicholson (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from A Practical Introduction to French Phonetics: For the Use of English-Speaking Students and Teachers In the revision that modern language teaching has undergone during the last quarter of a century two facts have been firmly established: first, that the pronunciation of a modern foreign language should be taught with great care from the outset; and, secondly, that pronunciation can neither be taught r learned to the best advantage without the aid of phonetics. There is, moreover, to use the words of Dr. Breul, 'a growing conviction that the teaching of modem languages in our secondary schools should henceforth as a rule t be entrusted to foreigners but to duly qualified English men and women.' But whether the language he teaches be his native speech or t, the teacher can longer afford to dispense with a phonetic training. For however successful he may be without the aid of phonetics, he can always improve his results with such aid. Especially is this true when it is his lot to teach French to English-speakers. 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 techlogy 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.