French Grammars, Primers, etc. (continued). There has been a long-felt need for some work that would do for the foreigner studying French, what has been done for the French and the English scholars respectively in the study of their own language: a book in which the most common mistakes in pronunciation, expressions, verbs, sentence building, quotations, etc., are comprehensively enumerated and carefully corrected. In that respect, Prof. Tricoche's manual fills a gap in the long series of French educational works. But it goes still further: it contains a very extensive list of familiar expressions or words which, although constantly used in conversation and current literature, are too near related to slang to be found in ordinary dictionaries. Tricoche, Vade Mecum du Professeur de Français. Encyclopédie portative de Connaissances et d'Exercices utiles à ceux qui enseignent la Langue et la Littérature, by GEORGE NESTLER TRICOCHE, L. en Droit. 335 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth s. d. 2 0 - 1 6 The book, written in French with occasional explanations in English, presents, in a condensed form, the contents of six or seven works on as many different subjects, besides a great deal of matter which cannot be found in other French Text Books. It is as necessary to the Teacher as it is useful to the advanced student, forming, as it does, a Pocket Encyclopedia of French Pronunciation, Grammatical Rules, Exercises for Advanced Pupils, Technical Vocabularies, Commercial Correspondence, Epistolary Rules and Models, History, Geography, Art, Practical Conversation, Idioms, Irregular Verbs, Examination Papers, General Information, etc. One of its most appreciated features is the Chapter on French Literature, ancient and modern, with bibliographical and biographical list of authors. Ulrich's French Course for Army and Navy Candidates. Containing Translations at Sight, Grammar Questions, Idiomatic and Colloquial Phrases, Vocabulary, etc., by ANTON J. ULRICH, Assistant Master at Dulwich College. (Ready shortly) I Key to Same. (In preparation) net 2 Whitfield, Grammar of the French Language of Business and Introduction to Mercantile Correspondence. Rules of Accidence, Reading Lessons with Notes comprising Rules of Syntax, Exercises for Translation into French, affording Practice in both Divisions of Grammar simultaneously, an Appendix of useful Hints and Information, Examination Papers, Com. mercial Studies, Principles of Business, etc. Edited from the German of Dr. RUDOLF THUM, with additions by E. WHITFIELD, M.A. 264 pages. Demy 8vo. Cloth (See also "French Verbs," pages 32, 33 and 34.) 6 O 3 6 THE DIRECT METHOD AND EXAMINATIONS. French Lessons on the Direct Method, By MARC CEPPI, TH Senior French Master, King's College School. HE Series consists of Three Courses-Beginners', Junior and Interme. diate-arranged for pupils beginning French at the age of nine, and taking them up to the standard of the OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR LOCAL, COLLEGE of Preceptors' Second ClaSS, and other Examinations. The Text is simple and attractive without being childish, and CONTINUITY OF METHOD exists throughout, without gaps or unnecessary padding, each grammatical point occurring in its natural place. It is the work of an experienced teacher, aware of the difficulties that beset his colleagues, especially in conducting large classes. The numerous exercises can be done orally or in writing, the same applying to the questions on the text. The series should commend itself to those who wish to teach on Direct Method lines, and yet who are expected to prepare their pupils for the above Examinations. FRENCH LESSONS ON THE DIRECT METHOD. BEGINNERS' COURSE. Containing 300 Nouns in Common Use, 160 Verbal Forms, 100 of the most usual Adjectives, Adverbs, etc., and over 300 Practical Exercises for Oral and Written Work. By MARC CEPPI, Senior French Master at King's College School. Hölzels Conversational Wall Pictures of the Four Seasons for This work, by a practical teacher of many years' experience, is the result of an exhaustive study of various applications of the Direct Method in the teaching of French-discarding what is impracticable in similar Courses, and utilising only the best and most essential materials for securing a sound rudimentary knowledge of written as well as of spoken French. The vocabulary and phrases used are based upon Hölzel's well-known Pictures of the Four Seasons. Every word introduced is worth learning and remembering. The grammatical constructions are of the simplest kind, and can be spontaneously reproduced by the pupil. Numerous exercises are set on these constructions in addition to the ordinary conver sational questions on the Pictures. The French Verbs are taught in the form of an attractive drill. A few simple idiomatic phrases in French on age, the weather, time, etc., occur, but these are well diluted with a large amount of straight-forward matter calculated to give pupils confidence in their power to reproduce what they have learnt." The usual class orders are also given in French. s. d. I 6 The first five lessons are devoted to the study of the Phonetic Alphabet of the Association Phonétique Internationale-a study of the sounds being deemed by leading authorities to be the best way of acquiring correct pronunciation. The next thirteen Lessons, although likewise in the Phonetic Script, are repeated later in ordinary alphabet, and in the remaining Lessons (Nos. 20 to 69) the Phonetic Transcript accompanies only the fresh words occurring in the text. The book can, therefore, be used equally well by those who, whilst teaching on direct lines, do not know or do not care to use this system of mastering the pronunciation. (For Particulars of Junior and Intermediate Courses-see overleaf.) French Courses, etc., on the Direct Method (continued). FRENCH LESSONS ON THE DIRECT METHOD. JUNIOR COURSE. Containing 360 Nouns, 88 Verbal Forms, 124 Adjectives, Ad- s. d. verbs, etc., forming, with the Résumé of the Vocabulary used in the "Beginners' Course,” a total of 1,100 essential Words. By MARC CEPPI, Senior French Master at King's College School. 136 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth This work may be used either as a continuation of the author's "Beginners' Course," or as a much-needed sequel to any of the numerous text-books based on Hölzel's Pictures of the Four Seasons. For the convenience, however, of teachers and pupils who are unacquainted with the more elementary course, a résumé of the Beginners' Vocabulary is included in this volume, thus making the "Junior Course" practically an independent class-book. The reading matter is easy and can be readily reproduced by the dullest pupils; no difficult constructions occur, and in the vocabulary only words of frequent use are given. The stories, dialogues, etc., bave been made attractive without being too childish, and although the subjects show great variety, new words are, as far as possible, explained by means of those previously learnt. The verb-drill as developed in the "Beginners' Course" is continued and amplified, the tenses taught being the Present, Past Indefinite, and Future. The Imperfect and Preterite are purposely left out, boys having, as a rule, far too great an affection for the use of the former as a stock past tense to be used on the slightest provocation. The Guide accompanying the text-matter, page by page, is a novel feature. Pupils preparing home lessons will find in it practically all the aid and information they need. Running parallel with the text it can be consulted more readily and effectively than can notes at the end of a volume. The exercises include numerous questions on the text, together with grammar practice written entirely in French. Revision occurs frequently, and constant recapitulation of past lessons forms another feature of the work. I 6 FRENCH LESSONS ON THE DIRECT METHOD. INTERMEDIATE COURSE. Containing a Vocabulary of 1,400 words, 274 Exercises, 10 Revision Lessons, etc. By MARC CEPPI, Senior French Master ut King's College School. 200 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth Forms a sequel to the Junior Course and is based on the questions set during the last ten years. The link with its predecessors has been carefully preserved, and the Intermediate Course begins exactly where the Junior Course ended. The text is based on episodes of French History, especially prepared to introduce certain rules of Grammar. The marginal Guide accompanying the text helps to increase the vocabulary, to develope the verbs and idioms occurring in the reading, and to formulate rules. A large number of questions and exercises form a feature of the book, which, like its predecessors, aims at the rapid and correct reproduction of the pupil's thought into French. The ten revision lessons, occuring at regular intervals, are intended to refresh the pupil's memory and to test the knowledge of new comers into a Form. The final revisions are very searching and should prove of great service on the eve of the examination. A feature of this Intermediate Course is that it covers the work prescribed for the Oxford and Cambridge Junior Locals, the College of Preceptor's Second Class, the Royal Naval Cadetship and other Examinations. The Intermediate Course-as well as the Junior and Beginners' Coursesis essentially a Class-Book, written with due regard to the difficulties that often beset the teacher. Not the least important feature of the Series is the perfect continuity of Method which runs through its several parts. (PROSPECTUS WITH SPECIMEN PAGES, ETC., ON APPLICATION. 2 O French Courses, etc., on the Direct Method (continued). Berlitz Method. (See page 127.) Bocher's Rational Method of Learning French. 112 pages. The three chief "Novel in design and original in conception. points in the Method are (1) reading aloud, (2) learning by heart specially chosen words, (3) avoidance of oral translation."-University Correspondent. Cossard and Laurent, Méthode Directe pour l'Enseignement du Français par la Conversation. For the Use of Adults, Students, Evening Classes, etc., by E. CoSSARD, Brevet Supérieur, Certificat d'Aptitude Pédagogique, and P. LAURENT, Licencié et Lettres. Cloth Couillault, Méthode Philoglotte. Grammaire simplifiée et Conversations françaises en vingt-quatre leçons. Pronun ciation, Vocabularies, Dialogues, Verbs, Oral Exercises, Scenes from Everyday Life, Anecdotes, Poetry, etc., etc., by G. CouILLAULT, Officier d'Académie Professeur Diplômé (Paris); Late Senior French Master at the Kilburn Grammar School, etc. 242 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth "One of the best books we have yet seen for the practical application of the 'reform' method of teaching French. The lessons ascend by easy and logical stages through the whole gamut of indispensable grammar, the vocabulary of common things, and the conversation and idiom of daily life. There is no word of English throughout, and there will be no need for any if the teacher has at his command a good set of wall-pictures, some facility in rapid sketching on the blackboard, with a moderate develop. ment of the power of expression by action and gesture. The pupil will thus realise from the first that he is learning a living language, and the subjects chosen for the conversations should create interest and convince the learner of the utility of what he is doing. An' eminently practical instrument, devised on good lines, and well thought out in every detail."-Guardian. Hampton, Méthode intuitive pour apprendre le Français: 120 The pupil is induced from the very beginning to think entirely in Paillardon, La Vie par l'Image: Êtres et Choses. Verbes et s. d. I 6 26 2 0 I 6 - 30 110 pages. I 6 [Continued overleaf. French Course on the Direct Method (continued). Tournois, Méthode Tournois. Second Edition. A Practical s. d. 3 I 6 Commercial French (see page 31). Crown 8vo. Cloth Delmas, Tableaux, Auxiliaires, and Tableaux Muraux en Füssli's Bildersaal. Word Pictures and Object Lessons, with Hölzel's Conversational Wall Pictures and Text Books. Perrot (Instituteur) et Fernand Fau (Dessinateur) Trente Histoires en Images sans Paroles en Tableaux Muraux. 30 Large Plates (25 ins. by 20 ins.) printed in bold outline, on 15 stout cardboard sheets (recto and verso). (For full particulars see page 130) Perrot et Fau, Pour Raconter les 30 Histoires en Images sans Paroles. 32 pages. (For full particulars see page 130) 200 Images Faciles à Raconter par les tout Petits. Livre Préparatoire. (For full particulars see page 130) 30 Histoires en Images à Raconter par les Petits. Premier Livre d'initiation. (For full particulars see page 130) 34 Leçons de Choses Images sans Paroles à Raconter par les Petits. Deuxième Livre d'initiation. (For full particulars see page 130) Pour Raconter les 34 Leçons de Choses en Images sans Paroles. 36 pages. (For full particulars see page 130) o 6 |