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Show Singing French Songs Is Called Language Aid Springfield, Mo. Singing French songs is an excellent method of learning learn-ing the language, Lambert Orton, professor pro-fessor of modern languages in Drury college here, believes. He has obtained ob-tained permission to Introduce this Innovation In-novation to his classes this fall. Simple French folk songs will be sung by beginning students and advanced ad-vanced students will have some French operas, Professor Orton says. The plan has been tried out during the last two years and has been found to be an aid in learning correct pronunciation, pro-nunciation, according to the Instructor. Moreover it helps students lesrn French spelling, and, best of all, It Is a lot of fun, the undergraduates say. Professor Orton recently returned from Paris, wtfiere he spent the summer sum-mer studying linguistics and music in the Sorbonne. |