Introduction To The Teaching Of Living Languages Without Grammar Or Dictionary - Softcover

Lambert Sauveur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037173536X ISBN 13: 9780371735367

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Introduction To The Teaching Of Living Languages Without Grammar Or Dictionary by Lambert Sauveur. This work advocates a revolutionary, conversational method for learning languages, arguing that languages can be acquired without formal grammar or dictionaries. It emphasizes teaching through sustained, gesture-rich dialogue in the target language from the first lesson, building vocabulary through meaningful conversation and gradually introducing grammar only after students are immersed in spoken language. The text situates the method as a modern, Socratic approach inspired by Montaigne and earlier masters, recounting teacher experiences in Boston and New Haven and outlining practical guidelines for teachers. It explains how to use the accompanying material and frames the system as a radical shift from rote grammar-based instruction, aiming to cultivate active thinking, real conversation, and a rich, ideas-filled language mastery. The book also serves as a prologue to Sauveur’s larger works, including Causeries Avec Mes Eleves, and discusses the role of literature and culture in language learning, with particular attention to fostering conversation over translation.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037173536X
• ISBN 13: 9780371735367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108