2005/03/04
I. A. Richards
Richards then became a very noted expert of English verse, and got a teacher's position at his college in Cambridge. Though his school-room was full of interested young men when he gave a talk on noted verses, he was not very happy. He got more and more interested in teaching English to early learners. After years of teaching in China, he went to the North America and became a university teacher at Harvard.
While giving talks on English verse at Harvard, Richards made up a system of teaching Basic English, helped by Christine Gibson. Their "method," their way, of teaching was "graded," or step-by-step, and gave ideas in a "direct" way, using pictures. Some teachers became interested in this work and it got a name "Graded Direct Method," or "GDM." ¶ 15:10
| Ivor Armstrong Richards gave helps and suggestions to Ogden when he was making up Basic English.
Richards then became a very noted expert of English verse, and got a teacher's position at his college in Cambridge. Though his school-room was full of interested young men when he gave a talk on noted verses, he was not very happy. He got more and more interested in teaching English to early learners. After years of teaching in China, he went to the North America and became a university teacher at Harvard.
While giving talks on English verse at Harvard, Richards made up a system of teaching Basic English, helped by Christine Gibson. Their "method," their way, of teaching was "graded," or step-by-step, and gave ideas in a "direct" way, using pictures. Some teachers became interested in this work and it got a name "Graded Direct Method," or "GDM." ¶ 15:10
