Abstract
THE BENEFIT to be gained from the use of folk-songs in the modern language class room has often been mentioned in the pages of this JOURNAL. The French child has a peculiarly rich heritage of simple songs, and what dear Mother Goose is to English speaking children, the chansons and rondes are to the French. This part of the learning acquired on the other side of eight years old becomes woven into the fabric of daily life, and many an allusion, literary and otherwise, would be meaningless to one not acquainted with these rhymes and ditties. Though Mother Goose has been set to music, the tunes have never been universally adopted. Happily, the French rhymes are united to melodies as if not older than themselves. The following notes, containing a few ideas as to how drill in pronunciation, conversation, and certain phases of grammar, may be evolved from the study of folk-songs, have been gleaned from experiences in private class work, with children from five to fourteen years old. * * *
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