Harris's Spiral Course in English

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Excerpt from Harris's Spiral Course in English: Inductive Lessons in Language and Grammar The Spiral Course in English is constructed in accordance with the doctrine that grammar is the science of the sentence. The sentence is taken as the unit of language, and the controlling purpose is to furnish such exercises as will lead to its mastery. The "Course in English, " as a whole, is built upon the Spiral Plan. The Spiral Plan provides for gradation in progress from lower to higher phases of the subject. It takes for granted that, in his first years formal study of the sentence, the pupil should learn the more obvious facts pertaining to the simple sentence, that, in his second years study, he should, from a slightly higher point of view, see these facts in a clearer light, and at the same time learn a few of the somewhat more intricate phases of sentences perceptibly more difficult yet simple in structure, that each succeeding year he should gain broader and clearer views of all that he has previously learned, and at the same time master the construction and analysis of more and more complicated sentences until he acquires ability to understand, to interpret, to analyze, and to construct all forms and classes of the English sentence. In this constantly ascending course, this First Book provides two years' work, the second of which is at once a review and an extension of the first. In lessons designed for teaching facts and principles, the Inductive Method is invariably used, the general course from lesson to lesson, from years work to year's work, is Spiral. The book provides for a large amount and a great variety of constructive work. This work is not merely suggested in a general way, it is definitely laid out for study and for use in the recitation. To summarize, the salient features of this book are: 1. Strict adherence to its central aim - to teach the sentence. 2. Close conformity to the Spiral Plan. 3. Continuous and consistent application of the Inductive Method. 4. Great abundance and variety of constructive work. 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.