SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS

English as an Everyday Activity.In this book e laid, not upon technique, but upon life, upon thinking, u day activities as vehicles of expression. Real situatio veloped. The work of the class reaches out into the c The boy and the girl see that a premium is set upon Self-reliance and zeal, a broader vision of life, and an coöperate with others gradually arise in the class con

Language is a practice subject. We learn to speak ing. We learn to write by writing. Around the pr therefore, are woven in a recurring pattern the types of give practice to the language powers. Thought getting vation, organization of ideas or outlining, conversati sion, and formal talks, study of models, writing of 1 other compositions, critical exercises, technical matter i and composition, dramatization, word study, and occur at regular intervals. Letter writing, for instan every week for two years, in actual letters sent to actu for actual purposes.

It is only through frequent and well-motivated pra good language habits can be molded.

Becoming Acquainted with This Book. A teache better service from a textbook if she is familiar with t and contents. Therefore, leaf through the following:

1. The preface, page iii. Note the stress on pra motivated" and consider carefully the eleven special f 2. The plan of organization, pages v and vi. The pr suitable for schools having either annual or semiannu tions. To get the most benefit from this plan, it is bet low the numbered lessons. In schools where the te than ten months the teacher should omit a project or t end of the year.

Note that the first year stresses thought as the basis sion, and the second year stresses the manner of expres half year closing with a review, or summary.

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