Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform
CHAPTER VIII
STUDY OF LANGUAGE
Dominance of Latin in the seventeenth century—Methods of study characterized by Comenius. The _Janua_—Purpose and plan—Its success. _Atrium_ and _Vestibulum_—Their relation to the _Janua_. The _Orbis pictus_—Its popularity—Use of pictures. _Methodus novissima_—Principles of language teaching—Function of examples—Place of oral and written language in education 123