Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-01-07

J.. A. Audigier, author ola new Gram
mar in three parts, which we have Just
perused. NJ. Audigier has understood the
desideratnm spoken Of above-he has
felt the necessity of those explanations
which, though they appear 10 be futile,
are nevertheless indispensable 10 the
child he has shrewd'y appreciated all
the difficulties which the student would
meet with, all the embarrassment which
the giving out of such and such a prin-
ciple or rule would produce, and has
judiciously classified and most felIc!'ous-
ly answered questions likely to occur to
the mind Of that student.
Mr.. Audigier has been unwilling to
follop in to the footsteps of his pre-
dessors, His ambition has been to ori>
ginatc a system Of teaching, rather than
to copy from one already taught and
in proof of this he has summed the bea-
ten tracks which are too often persued,
regardless Of the dictates of experience.
Yielding to the wants of youthful intel
lects, he has framed his work in such a
manner as to adapt it 10 their gradual
development. aa..
MIR. Audigier's grammar contains OK.
cellent expositions which must neccssa-
rily benefit the attentive reader. After
having laid down the rule, he supports
it by those and striking examples,
which, we might say, cngrage it upon
Students mind. Voltaire said that a die
tionnary without illustrations, was but a
~skeleton-the same may be said ola
grammer.
M,s Audigierss grammar in Intended
for the use Of those who speak English
and wish to learn French-the expIa-
mallory portion of the work is written
III English. The author, possessed of
both idoms, has been able to EXHIBIT. in
turn, their affinities and their dissimila-
rites. This method of j~uxta-position,
this synthesis, is always happy it stri-
kes alike the eye and the mind. 'A
M. Audigier gives to his students, old
or young, the judicious advice, to PRO-
coed as children do when articulating
the first word Of their mother tongue
that is to say, to confine themselves at
first, and for a considerable period TO a
limited vocabulary and to repeat until
they have left an indelible impression
in their memory, the same words and
the same archaeological constructions.
II is evident that this system must insure
success, and that those who will under
90 such a concentration and repetition of
thought and exercise, must in n short
time, acquire a fund Of expressions adop-
ed to ordinary conversation from which
fund a considerable and rapid yield will
be educed by a sagacious course in their
part % tea -
:. NJ. Audigier has, in fact, already
~pra,ctised upon his method in the Wcs-
tern States of the Uaion. Several jour-
nails of high standing, which we have
seen. speak in exalted termsof his brilliant
successes. They assure us and from occ">
lar demonstration that NJ. Andigier has,
IN sixteen lessons, jthaught The %conjuga-
lion .offrencll verbs-thatRobicon OF all
,anguages-and a good pronunciation.
From or own conversation with vi. Au-
digier, in which he has fully developed
10 Us his mode of teaching, we are en-
tisely persuaded Of the truth It 10 Of these as,
sessions of our Western contemporaries.
IN. Audigier's grammar, astounding in
minute details, and strictly analytical, as
it is, presents another great avantage.
A student Of ordinary capacity may
learn the French language with it,,
unaided by teacher. The book makes
it an casey and pleasant study to him.
The first part Of the grammar is fol.
lowed by a vocabulary Of 1924 words,
most in use, with the aid of witch the
student may, for a long while, dispense
with all other dictionaries
Having said this much about Mr.. Au-
digier's GRAMMAR, we can but recon-
mend to our readers and 10 the public
in general, to resort to Il work OF SO
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