Excerpt from Senior French Reciter: With Phonetic Transcript and Practice in Conversation and Free Composition; Extracts From the Classical Authors of the Xviith Century Repetition - The secret for learning a language is repetition from memory. By this means can be acquired not only Vocabulary but Idioms as well in their own proper environment, and Grammar also in an applied and practical form. On the analogy of two or three lines learnt by heart, hundreds of lines may be written or spoken. This method is as old as language itself. It has been traditional for generations in the great Public Schools, but only for the purpose of teaching Latin and Greek composition. In recent years, success in various independent examinations has, time after time, proved it to be the most rapid, and at the same time the most effective and interesting method of teaching Modern Languages also. 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.