E. V. Gatenby

Lesson One AT THE SEASIDE The Browns went to the seaside in August for their summer holiday. The train was very full. Mrs. Brown and Rose found seats together. So did Mr. Brown and Mary, but George and Jack went to another part of the train to look for seats. Jack quickly came back. " We've found...

Lesson One SWIMMING Almost all animals and many birds can swim naturally, even those that are not accustomed to water. Humán beings, however, have to learn or be taught how to swim, though it is said that the children of the natives on the west coast of Africa and in the South Seas often swim...

INTRODUCTIONThe aim should be " English as speech " ; that is, the pupils should be taught to speak English and to understand it when it is spoken. When a child learns its own language, it learns to talk and understand what others say before it learns to read and write. It never learns to translate...