 ... well to begin in .childhood. The later period of youth is distinctly a bad time to begin. In childhood the organs of speech are still in a plastic condition. Good habits are easily formed ; bad habits more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively,...  Linguistic Development and Education - Page 316by Michael Vincent O'Shea - 1907 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1899 - 1394 pages
...easily corrected. Th-э mind a-jts more naively, and the memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple facts. Later in life, in proportion аз the mind grows stronger, it also grows more rigid. The habit of analyzing and reasoning interferes... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1899 - 1284 pages
...more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively, and the memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple...of the child. The fixation of speech habits in the mother-tongue makes it increasingly difficult to acquire even a moderately good pronunciation, and... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America. Committee of Twelve - 1899 - 54 pages
...a buffer. corrected. The mind acts more naively, and the memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple...or less with the natural receptivity of the child. Th.3 fixation of speech habits in the mother tongue makes it increasingly difficult to acquire even... | |
 | 1901 - 316 pages
...habits more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively, and memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple...of the child. The fixation of speech habits in the mother-tongue makes it increasingly difficult to acquire even a moderately good pronunciation, and... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education - 1901 - 312 pages
...habits more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively, and memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple...of the child. The fixation of speech habits in the mother-tongue makes it increasingly difficult to acquire even a moderately good pronunciation, and... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America. Committee of Twelve - 1901 - 120 pages
...more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively, and the memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple facts. Later in life, in proportion as j.he mind grows stronger, it also grows more rigid. The habit of analyzing and reasoning interferes... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America. Committee of Twelve - 1911 - 122 pages
...more easily corrected. The mind acts more naively, and the memory is tenacious of whatever interests. Forms of expression are readily mastered as simple...pronunciation, and perfection is usually out of the question. SECTION VI PROPOSAL OF THREE NATIONAL GRADES OF PREPARATORY INSTRUCTION IN THE MODERN LANGUAGES Thus... | |
 | 1911 - 628 pages
...unconscious imitation without much exercise of the reasoning faculty. Forms of expression are then readily mastered as simple facts. Later in life, in...or less with the natural receptivity of the child, and what was formerly unconscious imitation becomes conscious attention to the processes of the art... | |
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