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Word: jeg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Colonel Charles Barnwell, the C.O., "is grammar. We don't burden the student with masses of rules and exceptions. Our big ambition is to make a man speak and understand." The speaking begins right in the first class. "Are you a student?" a Danish instructor will demand. "Ja, jeg er elev" [Yes, I am a student], the class must learn to answer. "Is he a student?" asks the instructor. "Ja, han er ogsaa." A class may consist of only one student, is never larger than eight. The men average 30 hours in class and 15 at outside study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Planned Babel | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

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