It is claimed that the labor of teaching and learning the French
language is immensely reduced by this new method, and the success of the
pupil placed upon a footing of certainty never heretofore attained. The
general characteristics of the system for which this claim is made are
as follows: 1. The judicious combination of Theory and Practice, Rule
and Exercise, in their just proportion to each other. 2. A new Analysis
of the Elements of Language. 3. The presentation of a Panoramic View of
the French Language as a whole. 4 Teaching one thing at a time, and
proceeding by Inductive Steps. 5. The thorough examination of Complex
Sentences, and the peculiar force and relations of Connecting Words. 6.
The furnishing of so complete a Key to the Pronunciation, that the
American can teach it with the same accuracy and facility as the native
Parisian.
The Lessons are full; the Rules, clear; the Exercises, short and simple.
They embody a complete course of Comparative Grammar, while their
peculiar arrangement leaves the teacher free as to the use to be made of
the theoretical portions. The treatment of the Conjugations, of the
Gender of Nouns, the formation of the Plural of Nouns and Adjectives, of
the Feminine of Adjectives, and of Adverbs, will be found novel and
ingenious. The Introduction, the Treatise on Pronunciation, the Remarks
on the Moods and Tenses, and the Philological Notes freely interspersed,
contain a mass of information on the French Language which would be
sought for elsewhere in vain.
The student who is without a teacher will find himself completely
guided, by this new method, through the intricacies of French Grammar
and Pronunciation.
French Grammatical Works.
Manual of French Verbs:
COMPRISING THE FORMATION OF PERSONS, TENSES, AND MOODS OF THE REGULAR
AND IRREGULAR VERBS; A PRACTICAL METHOD TO TRACE THE INFINITIVE OF A
VERB OUT OF ANY OF ITS INFLECTIONS; MODELS OF SENTENCES IN THEIR
DIFFERENT FORMS; AND A SERIES OF THE MOST USEFUL IDIOMATICAL PHRASES.
By T. SIMONNÉ.