Ahns Introductory Practical Course To Acquire The French Language

Author : J. C. OEhlschlæger
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ISBN 13 : 9781332323241
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Ahn's Introductory Practical Course To Acquire The French Language written by J. C. OEhlschlæger and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ahn's Introductory Practical Course To Acquire The French Language: In A Short And Easy Method, Translated And Arranged, And Supplied With A Pronunciation Of English Sounds The great reputation which Ahn's text books for the teaching of languages enjoy in Germany, the rapid sale of his German Grammar, published here about a year ago, and the frequent call for Ahn's French Exercises, have induced me to prepare this little work for an American and English public. Encouraged by the kind reception of my former works on pronunciation, in which I attempt to explain the sounds of the language to be learned, by visible signs, corresponding with those of the language of the learner, I have applied a similar system to the exercises in this book. I am aware that the French language, in this respect, presents far greater difficulties than the German language, nor do I pretend that a perfect pronunciation may be obtained in this way; in fact, I never intended that my system ox describing or representing sounds should make the teacher superfluous; my object has been to assist those in their study who cannot procure a teacher, and to prevent them from acquiring a false pronunciation, which, if persevered in for any length of time, becomes incorrigible, as also to aid those who have a teacher, to study with more facility and more confidence when alone. It would have been easy to have employed a greater number of vowel-signs, or to have made more minute divisions of the sounds, but every additional sign increases the difficulty of the student very materially, and too many new signs would undoubtedly create confusion. I have, therefore, confined myself to the smallest number of vowel sounds, generally admitted by French grammarians. 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.