TEACHING LANGUAGES.
Many systems have been devised for facilitating the r>rocess. of learning foreign languages, but few of those systems have made it easy for anyone to read a Foreign language with the correct pronunciation. Phonetic methods as usually carried out have the objection that' they involve a new alphabet or a crowd of signs and accents, thus giving an appearance totally different from the language m its natural printed or written form. A phonetic method recently developed m Great Britain does, however, ket over this difficulty completely. The. letters m any language remain substantially the same as printed or written, but by means of very slight additions — such as short strokes or internal loops — the e,xact pronunciation of the word is indicated. For example, a short stroke at the beginning of a letter indicates that the letter is silent. Some remarkable results have already been attained m teaching foreign children to read English, and English children to read^ foreign languages, without any hesitation as to the correct pronunciation of even the most difficult words.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9374, 1 November 1921, Page 5
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175TEACHING LANGUAGES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9374, 1 November 1921, Page 5
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