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CORTINA METHOD CONVERSATIONAL IN 20 LESSONS Other Corsiaa Language Books Spanish in 20 Lewons French in 20 Lensons German i 20 Leone Sealian in 20 Lone ‘Karwan in 20 Lassi Modern Greek in 20 Latons Ings en 20 Leecionee Rranode en 29 Leocones Tanga em 20 Tigien ‘American English in 29 Lessons Converttional Brian Portugasse “Brariian Portagoae Conversation Comar Comverastionl Japsnese Spanish Comverstionl Guide Span in Spanish range on Brangeit Bog in Fgh ‘Don auf Dentach Taliano in Yaiano CORTINA METHOD CONVERSATIONAL IN 20 LESSONS Copyright €) 1954, 1962, 1977 by R. D. Cortina Co, Toe AML Rights Reserved “his matr Lally pected uae tetera the Unharal Capa Conan spells rohit a eradce ns pono as Shriver ining ro recsediny,ehelacoreia, Ot Tne ner dente rp aman Sut eet ervey Cousosiag Information ning Mao ran 8 Let ao waa fo {Ege bee on int etal R Di es Conde Yok, Ds Satin Sa {BM .27-0008-5 (hurdbvnnd) SMR RaMETogIa4 parent ne de Dad Se Introduction, How a Knowledge of German Can Help You uum Aantcans and other Englishapeabiey people are once agzin Jearning German an are rapidly restoring tuo us lormer peaition sr one of the mort rtidied of foreign Tamgaayye. ‘There ate many Testous fr te pevival o interent in car uneful ent exprewive tongue Germany, Austia, and the other Germanspeaking mnunties of Cenual Buope aller maby teupting rewards for che eaveler. The dex=Merln, Sanich, Viensarwidh thei histrical Bultic, Evecinating history, tatetempting retaarins, wd Ue enchansiog ‘country of the Rhine, dhe Black Fores, the Speake s visi o ie fands 8 cherished memory. And whem sow vst ther, you wall fe sour knowledge af the native tongue source of unending vata {Wom and plearuze. You will be able t9 bowome more fatuiae with the Gerzuzmspenking people and yow xll be melecmed a eoltered, fiend, not merely 204 caurise You will be invited into thei hones, ‘And, on the pratia side, you wil find alsa that your knowledge of ‘German will ave you money when you deal with radespeopl, Bote. Keepers ticker soles, et ‘German has always been a language of art and cueure—of poetry, ‘of fetion, of philosophy, snd opers. Aiaey ol the marcerptocer of swurld bterature were writen in German-Ciwdhe's Favst, Sclers rams, Heine's rte poems, ce philosophice) works wf Kart, Scho pentane; Megel, and Nietsche, to mention anty a fey. Ym aden {Te rhe meer writers ier pred toaay wrtke im Gee ‘aan which make Eoyeinating vending Thome Bann, Swfan ara Ainold Zweig, Geelare Haupenacy Arthur Sciniclr, Jakob Wase Sermsnn, rena Kafka, and others With = knowledge of German 2 THE CORTINA METHOD tany hour of plessure willbe ix sore far you a: you Tend chese fren -vriingy old a ew, in the Soll Mavor of their rig guage ‘German opera too bose many fine userpics, and an wer stsnsing of Che liguage in whieh Dey ete composed and ate ferlormed i acl a new diwension of pleamure when yOu. Kear Sock wks oy Rican Wagner’ Die Walktre, Gbterdénmeng, ‘Tritan und hide, Lohengrin, Bie Metsteringor: Mewstes Age: Rute (pie Zauherfota); Bectoren's Fidetor Jaan Stes’ Die Plater. And the concent hall ig0 knostng the meaning of the Ips of the great Crna der wenden Yor appreciation cof ee muse nn shold ae fomge ale that Germ egy seaming omer importance nro commereialenmy. More a sna peuple in ioc taglitrapeating nov are haviog buninen dealings wich Senmucys Cormen profocty-muchiven, suiomabice. tna, scat {Eocrumentsare nig Bei svn onic ed crap Jn tun te baying goods Yor import. Knowing howe esl with Germans in tha naive language i «deeded advancage for os ‘eon wed ser wh have caters) telauions with Corman. ‘And i you Work fe nlusry oie, you will eww how iat pormane German isos 9 techaita! Tague. Workers su these elds Ervrel ar in medicine, biology src mtn) folds are onstanty com Gonted wih science. and technic everyman Certs, Swliceriand and Ausra Le gers without saying chat a ality on he ite paper and oral wil br finely gente Benefit tlun the frit sod iasosplee abstracts Wich ae tome tits available ba Engle Iv shure, your andy of Geraian will bring you many hours of plete fa your cule porate sod will abo ave” suswerous practical scvantoges Preface Jy 1682, Tog Conriva Acaoaney oF Lancoaces way founded in the United States by Count Cortina, Besides engaging profemort forall the modern languages (French, Spanish, German, ltalian, Portuguese and English) Count Cortina himselé gave language instruction for many yeare, From this actual teaching cxpert- cence, Protestor Cortina developed a new simplified method that became an instant suorens It has never heen tuspasted since. For ‘more than UO years she method has hoen canseznly veined and Fmpraved from the Academy's long expevience in teaching Inge tuxges, and in terms of the changing neede of the present-day language student. Ie is now known all over the world 34 TRE Comps Mxrion. Hon from students who eould not atuend clases the Acatemy ‘wos forced vo publish Cortina lessons in book fora, Well over to million Contina language books have been sold, aud they are a clear teimonial to the eate with which anudents have Teaened a new language throughs THR Coens Merion, Many thousands of siden have leaened a new language by this metbod at home, in heir spare tive, Many olbers Inve used, ‘Tre Comnina Merion in schools and colleges dirowghont dhe United States and South America. You say ask: “Wha isthe seevet uf THR Conrma Minioe's secess? How ait different trom adhce ways us leat a Tangeage?™ (One of Une srain veasene is that the leswot ate devoted to every a 4 THE CONTA AETHOD day topicn which encourage the suenc to Yearn. The lesoas ‘begin With mbjects chat we all use ae children when we learned nr native tongue. For insane, right Trem che sare, the first Jessons iach you the same wowds theta child fas speakst Mosher, father, brother, sister aswell aseveryiny wor relating ta-meals, ‘rinks, louhing, and so on. These wri ate cosy put to use 4am an a ih elven un he seat aa fcademic words 2 student it unually asked to letra, Koy dha he can put these words co immediate wie adds color and ‘xciuemencta languagestudy and keepstheintcrercaf the audent At a high Tegel eeveuglion his language learning experience. ‘Te Useful Restores ‘The Faiiors have included wo new Features in shis edition ‘which wil also he found of grea help ix the sient: Firs, the format of the lessons has been atsanged wy alow for he inclusion of eatefuly chosen iffasnatigns. The dtawings have ‘Veen acranged (o highlight the subject meatier of the lessots and tHius wll grealy aid the dentin neusorzing he foreign wurde dough the graphic representation. Second, a comptece Ruranevex Grasessar hat been appended st the back of tte hook so thatthe sue ray Teler wo ay pack ‘uf speech he seshes as he advancer in is studi. ‘The necestary gramivar for the leans is included in the faomates, lesson BY Itscon, for the seadent’s convenience. In addition, prectics! bitingval dictionaries have beeu in dlodal which contain nor only all of the words of the sweney lessona buc also many other useful words as well How To Study ‘Language js habit We are constantly exprening thoughts anv ideas in speeeh, from habit, without paying any particular anention to che words phrases, or idioms we vse. When we sy "How da you do,” "It's fine today,” “Tue ha u wonderful trip.” ‘we do so apontaneonsly. We are merely repeating a speech pat- term we have used ao many times before that it hes become sito smuitic—a habic. Repetition, therefore, i the basis of language earning; and consequently it is exeremely important that the sandene agquive the correct German pronunciation at the very ‘beginning so that he leaena the righ speech habia. ‘For ehis porpove a basic Feavire of the Comniva Metron is the exphatit of epetking the language, At the outset we provide a Guinn 70 Geakcan Pronuncanrios, Tt explains how 10 pro ‘ounce German sounds, words, 2nd phrasca through simple ‘phonetic symbols based on English spelling, with special cxpi Zationa of how t ardcalate those sounds which oocar only if, ‘the German language. In Leasons 1-16 the cntire German vocab ‘ulares and conscraations ave canscribed in these symbol, Using. them as a guide, the sindent will be able to read eich entire Tess aloud, and he should doo a4 auany time 38 neccesary t0 bbe able to read the German text aloud easly and conecty. “Through this practice, not enly will the student avtain fluency, but he will eventually be able to expres his ideas in German justas easly and efforemly ashe does in English, “Lisson Ateavomennr. The lasers are ara ae Be: oa read in te = ‘Sina given te Engle nsletion of te Geran ex ‘The adlene should sat each lewon by memeritig st cock of tbe govern! socabulary or pou, ‘Then Ja turing 1 he coupe ibe tlle be il comple ip asta tha sore 5 6 THE CORTINA METHOD rather dhan a wordfor-vord tranlatioa, ‘The Jsson has been mak. tered when che tudent can fend the feson aloud wir reference {Geeliher she eONtINCIATON Gt TAAAGLATON COMEDNE "The bent way to expres your thoughts In jour new language is ta try to use te base sporch pattems illosested by the sentences of the Hvnoe with a fer vanations ay, for example, misetaang She eral fr Tor anor, sone wot for aot, eT Sto fo imagine tnecoife atuationn and the way you would react tate cbvenony bu aout ty (oat, oo wan) bk to digest and masters few ata tne, yen anne ing Book I Siayryou see Gat whca you are ir doube, fe actually of greater Bend to you to guss song dhan €0 guch Fght—-becaose nthe ‘eter ease fou say not cu thy your vlaron contre ‘As pox fecal fom von to Jeon, ont neglect «0 review, review and revi age the aateral of the previoos Team Cane ant review and repetiden wil not onfy help Jon to retin wht jou bave farmed, but il seo give you an ever emer pgp of ie guage enabling you a the eno tse ftspontanccost "Phe ant four 1esons fer i form. On the samunpuion that he suudent hay menera the baie eewente of Geran, fey cont of {Telonues (vis foomre) centri around topics of cattarl, bi (erick, and practical salar. Allthe words sled are given the ‘maraiaeziorenionsny i dhe ask of te bok. mee in actual we, For more elaborate grazmateal explanason of ny Par ‘euler Teson the stodent can fefer to the PLAN hon STUbY wich [recede the complete RrnvteNen Gnsanean "Rerocrber that cere fe wo beer vay te Iara fanguage than, the way cildren fea —by spesking it The Gownvn tation i ‘acd upon this principle wah necsenry modibeatons to adjunt thie natal method to'the adult mind, With-a tee application. Jou wil ave elo of fun fanning ths say. What a satiation it Sill Be eo have ts ntportans second tonguage a Your command “This book Is hoea sevorded to aunt any student withing 2 accelerate hs progress 27d taster the spoken lange inthe casieat tauner, Please wlte R, D, Cortiaa Un, Suite 64, New Yat 19, for Gee Sample Record and full information bout this savaluable id

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