Minimum Essentials of English Composition and English Literature, 1925

(1925) Minimum Essentials of English Composition and English Literature, 1925. Education, Department of

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Abstract

One of the most important contributions to our understanding of the teaching of English at present is that of the minimum essential. The minimum essential idea concretely stated is this. After the pupil has reached a certain point in his school work there are certain things which he can do and in which he needs no further teaching. To what extent this idea is practicable no · one can, at present, state with certainty. It seems clear, however, that the idea is worthy, and that its general acceptance will do much toward straightening out certain difficulties in the teaching of English.