The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-03-30

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Classical Studies, -
The methods If teaching language have
been much discusscd the past year. bSth IN
Europe and America. The,dspirit Of thil
discussion can be illustratedfby sdescri bing
three books published in 1852: Marcel on
the study Of Language, Alleus Latin Read
er and Morris Greek Grammar. " '''''.' :
MARCEL ON THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE.
iMarcelis q French author on Philology
ard Knight OF the Legion of Honor, who,
however. writes in. English with fiuency and
grace. + In his essay he descril,esl the pro-
cess by which we learn our. own language.
pointing out four stages. First, the child
learns to understand what is said. Marcell
calls this the arIiofJ hearing uri,Audition.,
Nexr, the child learns by initiating what 'he
hus heard, toexpress his own ideas 50 as 10
be understood by others, that is, the art of
speaking. Afterwards he learns to read and
then to write s2Ee ratiIg JHi .tAaisfg3
Now, in studying foreign language it is
recommended that the student pursue the
same Method as being 10th the most natu-s
raj and the ,n,bst easy. Let the teacher first
;s inrr,;nr ,ben ssy IL opsrand pr I nysr spa;n
~ na,,,a'os ~ -. r ~, fsra'
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nsone "y.rs .t ?nu - ,t ,nas nu W,
se,ssanus nas ,ea. oau !, ~ n,n'' .e pup, MN
.ant @ tanees y Will the ,oacl,or can nor1aa, , -
~ ;ns,srt, ,if mn s,ra I, t;cai - inoierant
Nv such excuses altogetber oral tho lea
a. con get 40 rreat !, t1owle5aa of ~ I,n
,r.ona ] Ss';,Y ss ss;nrsd hr NO., ~ .has wy ho ,dn
,,ss Is + a. the;r mo.bar tonnua ua ,s;,, "mo
on,re also \ natnral nronn9c;a,ion which i
80 difficult for those who beoin tbe;r stndy
vii, ! book Navt be ma y iear rn =, ra.d 4,
ths jangnooe thns ;ncr..s;na y % H. nnn'hor m 81 nf
words he canhse in conversation. and 'ac-
quiring, if he choose, at the same time
scientific knowledge of its grammar 'gAa
little additional practice will give him tse,
! art of writing Id the foreign language. an
acquisition of very little value comnared
< with understanding. speaking and reading
IL Bi stGi f8,j lgaiq'7ita;fifo IsnuiiEF ~
/ Marcel,not ,oplv discusses the hest ne,b-
ods of teaching the four arts. hearing
speakins, reading ana writing, put also re-
coSnizcs 'ne pscuilarlly loL Inc -deau IAN
guases, ~ consequence OF which to read
them ihee!hgeMly 1ss more important than
the speaking or andlnon OF them. One OF
MS fecopmpmfndations con rIa e would lead 70 q
chanSe N ,ne practice OF many american
study, but he deprecates snond;no the GREAT
part of the time on microscopic examination
Of words tia and analysis OF thought, and 50
iaiiing 10 acquire tue art OF ready transla-
tien or OF intelligent rapid reatiing Trans
iauon is one tnlns 10 read inteiligentiy IN
the loselgn language IS more advanced
art, and is acquired by too few, even in our
colleges IA ...,..... n
a'"' ~ CLASSICS IN YALE.
AS some Of Marcel's readers may like to
INTRODUCES the changes be has indicated. we
sugge I rs one method an exercise which
was adopted in Yale College last year. The
CLASSES there recite IN three or f,ur divisions
of different ranks u which the students are
assigned according to their general scholar.
ship The, higl,sstl division in one class
reasz ziast summer lie Captiyes of Plautus
In addition toi the regular class work.
About thirty OF folly lines we're translated
by thelstudsnts at de beginning of the re-
citation. Mistakeain Translation were cor
recled, but there Wis no other interruption.
Then the INSTRUCTOR translated the following
thirty o. forty line. which constituted the
lesson. ior the nex day. d All this occupied
only about fifteen minutes, which left abun.
Idant time within Ehe hour fol the reg ular
| llessdi, If the class to be translated and
parsed in'the nsual way .It ' '4
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lstea3 nj I,is stiIted speecbes Pli1ys letter On
ms 6ncles death at the eruption of Vesu-
yiuA and yireips first ecloguc' Of Tityrus, in
IplacS, of the prosy geography and jeiune
chrokicics of : the original Jacobsr Here
we ind every passage in the classic writers
referring to Christians. Besides. the selec.
,jons have moral purity make The hook as
|apnropriate for a class of y,,upo ladies as
Efsr COLLEGE students. But its 'spec,alty i
that II forms a volume of entertaiping read
literature, and intended to be read rapidly
enough to interest the class IN the subject