Education at the british association


Play all audios:

ABSTRACT AFTER the presidential address by Sir Napier Shaw the Section settled down to discuss a varied and interesting programme, which attracted, large and appreciative audiences


throughout the week. It was a great disappointment that Sir A. Quiller Couch was unable to be present himself, but his paper on the teaching of English admirably expressed a need now widely


felt by thoughtful teachers that English should be the root of all learning for, an English-speaking child; that until the age of fourteen or fifteen he should practise the language natural


to his mind in addition to one other; that the plainest, most everyday speech should be clear, expressive, accurate, graceful whenever possible, and at any rate decent; that a child should


learn to define and clarify in his mind the terms in which he thinks, to think in real English, not in jargon. Therefore, to attain this, teachers should aim through English in preference to


any foreign language, alive or dead. English should not be treated as a special subject, but should be the basis of all others. He deprecated the inordinate amount of time given in the


lower forms to linguistics and mathematics, since these are mainly ancillary, the former to literature and history, the latter to natural science; they are formal studies, studies in the


abstract, and lacking the. content of the other three, employing processes alien to a child's thought. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription


content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue


Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL


ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS


ARTICLE _Education at the British Association_ . _Nature_ 104, 521–522 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104521a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 15 January 1920 * DOI:


https://doi.org/10.1038/104521a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently


available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative