Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… Practices > Communication Practices > Education Concepts > Social interaction Concepts > Language & Speech Keywords Children Controversy Gentleman Masculinity Politeness Science Women ‘Conversation’, as developed in seventeenth-century … opinions now had to be ‘ domestic, not public’. 17 However, their conversational skills could be deployed in educating children. 15 . James Fordyce, Sermons to Young Women, 2 vols, 6th ed. (London: 1766) vol. 1, p. 53. 16 . Hannah More, … Edgeworth, who theorised the use of conversation in instruction, explained, 'from conversation, if properly managed, children may learn with ease, expedition, and delight, a variety of knowledge. 18 A character in her Letters for …
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