A Practical Guide to a Scientific Study of the German Vocabulary Classic Reprint

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IN the present manner of teaching the vocabulary of the German language much time and energy are wasted. This waste is due chiefly to a general lack of system in the traditional method of teaching a vocabulary.

The several hundred words presented in grammatical text books are extremely difficult to memorize, and after they have been committed to memory, it is equally difficult to identify them in a printed text or in conversation. After pupils have received instruction for two or three years, they are unable to read at sight an easy German book, and neither they nor their teachers have cause to remember with pleasure these years of toil.

Many years ago the author, realizing this condition, attempted in his own classes to remove as many obstacles as possible. Primitive experiments justified the labor involved. Continued work along those lines has resulted, after many years, in the present text.

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