Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

rsurat ton.

THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

" The principles of nature appear so simple, that many, considering
them acknowledged facts, or undisputed truisms, do not deem them
worthy cf notice. Thus has been rejected the fundamt ntal law,
that th-. ear alone causes that engue to move; for, had this been
duly refiacted upon, it to at one period or another, have led
t the discovery of the true method of t:aching languages."—
Dujfef.
NIONS. RAGONOT (of Paris),, Author of the
"Symbolic Anglo-French Vuc3buiary;" and of the
Easiest and Shortest Method of Learning Fr nch." The unsuccess-
fulness of the prevai ing mode of teaching foreign languages is pro-
verbi tl ; and what other results can b looked far, when the teacher
in general considers himself justified in disregarding the laws of
nature so far as to endeavour to impart sounds by the medium of the
oyes, and teach the dim] ce of a language before the pupil can lisp its
simplest accents? With such a theory all human devices must neces-
sarily fail ; and hence the numerous complaints of wasted time and
ineffectual endeavours, from those who have laboured in vain; and
the general nation that a language can bs acquit ei only in the coun-
try where it is spoken; hence the despair of many students of the
French language of even understand tag the rapid conversation of
natives of France.

All these deplorable consequencas may be obviated by the natural
system of teaching languages adopted by Mons. Ragonot.

To carry out the system i❑ its perfection, it is desirable that
several members of a family should take lessons together, much
advantage being derived from numbers.
FA %IMES AND SCRJOLS ATTEN')ED. PRIVATE LESSONS

GIVEN. --
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Terms for Evening Classes, Li Is. per quarter, two Lessons a week,
Palable in Aavance.

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particulany adapted for schools, &c., approved and
sanctioned fur the nee of the Institutions tor the Deaf and Dumb,
n England and France.—To be had from the author, M. RAG3NOT,
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