First Reader (phonetic)
Publisher: St. Joseph's normal college, etc., etc.
Published: 1920
Place of publication: Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: PLAN; title: This First Reader (Phonetic), deals with all the elements of reading except the short vowels.; title: Series I-IV. Long sounds of a, e, i, o.; title: Series V. Exceptional sounds of A.; title: Series VI. Diphthongs ow and oi, and their equivalents.; title: Series VII. Long and short oo, and bugle u.; title: Series VIII. Equivalents and silent letters.; title: The large vocabulary presented in this Reader, must not discourage the teacher. The Phonetic Method empowers a child to read what no other method could enable him to retain. A child who has mastered the De la Salle Primer and the First Reader can readily and correctly enunciate any syllable of regular notation in the English language.; title: The grouping of phonetic words, their frequent repetition, and the short sentence, are adopted throughout, as most rapidly conducive to power acquisition.; title: In the following lessons there are sufficient sequence in thought and cohesion in style, to insure intelligibility and interest, without marring the phonetic impression.