1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
year

Girls 2 2 3 3 3 3 hours
weekly

Boys 2 2.5 4 4 3 3 hours
weekly

It is understood, it is no part of the duties of the primary school to
teach the literature of a language.

In the Athenees, or Secondary Schools, French or Flemish compulsory
courses comprise six lessons a week during first two years, and three
lessons per week in following years:--

German six years, page 11. 7 years, page 12.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
year

2 4 3 3 3 3 hours

The degree of proficiency of the pupils is also stated page 17. In these
schools the method of teaching from objects is not anti- but simply
ante-grammatical as is apparent from the classes in which the two methods
are respectively in use. In the two lowest classes of a primary school,
ignorance of their own language, and their unripe mental powers would not
admit of children of such tender age learning otherwise than from
objects.

Supplement.

The following French Numerals are differently pronounced according
1st--as they stand alone, or are joined to Noun or Adjective beginning,
2nd--with Vowel. 3rd--with Consonant.

Compound numbers as simple ones.

Practise the sounds given with _the words_

alone ans livres

un un un n'arbre un

deux deu deuz deu

trois troi troiz troi

quatre quatre quatr' quatre

cinq cinq cinq cin

six siss siz si

sept set set se

huit huitt huit hui

neuf neuf neuv neu

dix diss diz di

17 diss-sett, 18 diz-huit, 19 diz-neuf,

vingt vin vint vin

quatre-vingts quatre