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Ascham

[ as-kuhm ]

noun

  1. Roger, 1515–68, English scholar and writer: tutor of Queen Elizabeth I.


Ascham

/ ˈæskəm /

noun

  1. AschamRoger?15151568MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: humanist writerHISTORY: classical scholar Roger. ?1515–68, English humanist writer and classical scholar: tutor to Queen Elizabeth I


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Of the length to which they went Ascham's method of instruction in the Scholemaster is a good example.

But the most important figure of this period is Roger Ascham.

My old Master Ascham would have chid me for forgetting the author.

Ascham recommended for men of average strength arrows made of birch, hornbeam, oak, and ash.

For this natural method of learning languages he alleges the authority of Locke, of Ascham, and of Pestalozzi.

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