Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

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ART OF TEACHING GRAMMAR.
In respectfully submitting a few hints regarding the
mode of teaching Grammar, it is not intended either to
dictate or prescribe any plan to the efficient and ex¬
perienced Teacher, who never fails to select, in the
course of instruction, such passages of Grammar as are
best suited to the capacity and circumstances of his
pupils: the hints are offered for the benefit of those
who may be tyroes in the art, as being necessary to
direct in going over the following system.
The Definitions and Rules, in the larger type, are in¬
tended to be got thoroughly by heart, while the obser¬
vations and notes, in the smaller characters, are to be
made the subject of frequent reference and careful per¬
usal. It will be of great service to the scholar, in ad¬
vancing his knowledge of Grammar, to be made to apply
the definitions and rules in course of reading in other
books, and to be frequently called upon to give gram¬
matical authority for his own expressions, as well as for
those that pass before him in reading. Let him under¬
stand that his progress ought to consist in acquiring a
well grounded knowledge of the contents of his book,
and not in progressing from its beginning to its end.
Every lesson ought to be mastered by the pupil, and
firmly fixed on his understanding before lie proceeds to
another ; if this is not the case, the preceding lesson will
afford but little light to his mind on the succeeding one ;
the consequence is that his steps are broken or obscured,
and he himself becomes bewildered, and heartless.
Periodical repetitions of the Definitions and Rules are
of vital importance, and these should be again so varied
in the language of the pupil himself, as to warrant the
conclusion that he has digested their import.