The New Method Grammar [antikvár]

introductionThis book is written for younger students of English as a foreign language. The book is written in English, for it is not assumed that the students are ignorant of that language. It is assumed that they have already gained a certain proíiciency in reading, roughly equivalent to that obtained by reading the first four books of the New Metkod Readers. The vocabulary of this book cor-responds to that of these first four readers, with the exception of grammatical terms and a certain number. of words necessary for the purpose of explanations and examples. These extra words are listed in Appendix II.As a result of continuous reading, the learners have come to gain a ' recognition knowledge ' of somé 1,500 words. As a result of having done composition exereises of various sorts, and perhaps of having been drilled in certain speech mechanisms, they have even come to have. somé proíiciency in building English sentences correctly and in expressing themselves in speech.Many teachers, however, consider that this knowledge of English should be Consolidated by instruction in formai grammar, and that their pupils should come to know the chief rules of accidence and syntax, and be able to apply them. This book selects those rules that seem the most appropriate for this purpose, and provides many exereises for their application.Both in the framing of the rules and the defining of the necessary grammatical terms considerable use has been made of the inductive and heuristic methods. The learners find out for themselves. Examples are given and the learners are helped to diseover and apply the rule. The grammatical term is usually given only after the learners have been sliown the need for it. The chapter