About This Book
The book is a graded reader designed for nonnative adult learners in evening schools, providing short readable lessons, poems, biographies, and practical essays to strengthen idiomatic speech and written expression. Selections cover patriotic and civic topics, natural history, short stories, moral and practical reflections, and sketches of notable figures, accompanied by comprehension questions, dictation sentences, pronunciation and spelling drills, and teacher notes using a rational teaching method. Supplemental materials include poetry selections, model documents, useful facts, and aphorisms to support classroom discussion and build vocabulary, reading fluency, and a foundation in civic knowledge and good conduct.
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