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Märchen und Erzählungen.
Erster Teil.
With vocabulary and questions in Germanon the text
By H. A. Guerber.
Cloth. 163 pages. 60 cents.
Märchen und Erzählungen.
Zweiter Teil.
With vocabulary. Can be used to followthe above or as an independent reader
By H. A. Guerber.
Cloth. 202 pages. 65 cents.
Heath's Modern Language Series
EDITED WITH VOCABULARY AND QUESTIONS
IN GERMAN ON THE TEXT
BY
H. A. GUERBER
Erster Teil
BOSTON, U.S.A.
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
1897
Copyright, 1896,
By H. A. Guerber.
Press of Carl H. Heintzemann, Boston, Mass.
With the introduction of the study of German into somany of our public and private schools, has arisen the needof a reader which can advantageously be used for beginners ofall ages. The aim of this work is to present a series of tales,interesting enough to stimulate the curiosity of even theyoungest pupils, yet so easy as not to discourage anyone atthe very outset. The stories have therefore been narrated inthe simplest manner possible, and every new word introducedhas purposely been repeated frequently enough in the followingsentences to insure its being remembered by even dullpupils. All idioms have also been used repeatedly with thesame object in view, and as none but ordinary words and expressionshave been introduced, the pupils soon acquire asufficient vocabulary to serve all their purposes, and are ableto read and understand easy German prose at sight.
These stories, of which every word has its special purpose,have been used with excellent results with pupils of all ages;and while complete success depends greatly upon the teacher,the method is so simple and practical that it can profitably beused by pupils who wish to study alone. The author's planof proceeding, which, of course, varies greatly to suit the ageand intelligence of the pupils, can briefly be outlined as follows,using the introductory paragraph of the first story as an example: The first sentence is read aloud, slowly and distinctly,and the pupils are taught to repeat it correctly. Asthis is used for the first German lesson, with pupils who knownothing whatever of the language, every word is translated.Then the pupils are called upon to read and translate thewords, in any order, as rapidly pointed out by the t