A Description Of The Rational Method In Reading

Author : Edward G. Ward
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484105187
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A Description of the Rational Method in Reading (Classic Reprint) written by Edward G. Ward and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Description of the Rational Method in Reading It was these considerations that led me some years ago into a course of study and experiment that resulted in the development of what has since been called the Rational Method in Reading. This method is now in use in nearly all the schools of Brooklyn; in many of which, marvelous results have been obtained. In those schools in which it has been mastered, the time formerly devoted to the acquirement of a reading vocabulary of two hundred words, now gives the children one of more than a thousand, while their enunciation is clearer, and their reading is more spirited and in every other respect better than formerly. Nor does the improve ment end here; for it is a matter of general observation where this method is employed, that in all their studies the pupils do far more to help themselves, than they did before its introduction. The rational method is a peculiar combination of the sen tence and the phonetic method. It utilizes each for that part of the work to which it is more particularly adapted. The sentence method is used, first as principal, because of its value in developing a habit of reading thoughtfully, and afterward as auxiliary, to remedy the shortcomings of the phonetic method, and increase the stock of word phonograms. The phonetic method, which is introduced by easy stages during the ascendency of the sentence method, finally becomes itself the principal means of growth and progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.