Ein jahr erfahrungen mit der neuen methode: bericht über den unterricht mit einer englischer anfängerklasse, 1887-88

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Elwert, 1888 - 83 pages
 

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Page 78 - But King Duncan was too old to lead out his army to battle, and his sons were too young to help him. At this time Scotland, and indeed France and England, and all the other countries of Europe, were much harassed by the Danes. These were a very fierce, warlike people, who sailed from one place to another and landed their armies on the coast, burning and destroying everything wherever they came.
Page 78 - Britain. At other times, they landed with their soldiers, took what spoil they could find, burned the houses, and then got on board, hoisted sails, and away again. They did so much mischief, that people put up prayers to God in the churches, to deliver them from the rage of the Danes. Now, it happened in King Duncan's time, that a great fleet of these Danes came to Scotland and landed their men in Fife,1 and threatened to take possession of that province.
Page 78 - The governors of provinces were at that time, in Scotland, called Thanes ; they were afterwards termed Earls. This Macbeth, who was a brave soldier, put himself at the head of the Scottish army, and marched against the Danes. And he carried with him a relation of his own, called Banquo, who was Thane of Lochaber, and was also a very brave man. So there was a great battle fought between the Danes and the Scots ; and Macbeth and Banquo...
Page 79 - And he carried with him a relation of his own, called Banquo, who was Thane of Lochaber, and was also a very brave man. So there was a great battle fought between the Danes and the Scots ; and Macbeth and Banquo, the Scottish generals, defeated the Danes, and drove them back to their ships, leaving a great many of their soldiers both killed and wounded. Then Macbeth and his army marched back to a town in the north of Scotland, called Forres, rejoicing on account of their victory.
Page 78 - I told you before, there was a King of Scotland called Duncan, a very good old man. He had two sons ; one was called Malcolm, and the other Donaldbane.
Page 74 - ... keep getting broken off. When we stand on the beach at a place like Margate or Ramsgate, we can hear how the stones are knocked against one another, as the waves drag them up and down. It is easy to see how in this way all the sharp pieces of rock get their corners worn off, till they are smoothed down into pebbles. The pebbles themselves get smaller and smaller, till at last they are made into sand, just as corn is ground into flour in a mill.
Page 46 - Sicherheit in der Formenlehre und Syntax, Bekanntschaft mit den wichtigsten Synonymen. Erwerbung eines für das Verständnis der zur Schullektüre geeigneten prosaischen und poetischen Schriftwerke ausreichenden Wortschatzes. Lektüre einer nach dem Standpunkte der einzelnen Klassen getroffenen Auswahl von Schriftwerken.
Page 72 - The earth is partly dry land, partly covered with salt water, called the sea. There is nearly three times as much water as land. A piece of land with water all round it is called an island. England and Scotland are an island, and Ireland is another. The biggest river in 5 England is the Thames.
Page 72 - River,' they always mean the Thames. If we go up the Thames all the way, we shall find that it splits up into a lot of small streams, each with a source of its own ' — generally some spring. Springs are nothing but...

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