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technical term. The teaching of pronuntiatio was one of
the fundamental tasks of Latin grammatica ; and the
manuals of grammar devoted a good deal of detail to this
question. It was an accepted and established method
whose aim was to inculcate good pronunciation of spoken
Latin, to teach the careful distinction of the letters, to
separate and modulate words and phrases. Manuals of
grammar took care to say clearly that all this training
served the ends of teaching writing. At this time, good
pronunciation was considered essential. It was indeed
essential at that time and was the prerequisite for the
teaching of writing. The act of writing silently without
intervention of the reading the text aloud, was not yet
possible at that period. The beginner did not yet see
around him a world strewn with writings and printed
texts. He needed clear and disciplined pronunciation of