PREFACE DEDICATOIRE

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS 1 We possess Natural or Spontaneous Capacities for acquiring Speech

CHAPTER I OUR SPONTANEOUS CAPACITIES FOR ACQUIRING SPEECH

CHAPTER II OUR STUDIAL CAPACITIES AND HOW TO USE THEM

CHAPTER III WHY WE MUST USE OUR STUDIAL CAPACITIES

CHAPTER IV THE STUDENT AND HIS AIM

CHAPTER V THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE ELEMENTARY STAGE

CHAPTER VI THE PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE-TEACHING

CHAPTER VII INITIAL PREPARATION

CHAPTER VIII HABIT-FORMING AND HABIT-ADAPTING

CHAPTER IX ACCURACY

CHAPTER X GRADATION

CHAPTER XI PROPORTION

CHAPTER XII CONCRETENESS

CHAPTER XIII INTEREST

CHAPTER XIV A RATIONAL ORDER OF PROGRESSION

CHAPTER XV THE MULTIPLE LINE OF APPROACH

CHAPTER XVI 'MEMORIZED MATTER' AND 'CONSTRUCTED MATTER'

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Note

THE PRINCIPLES OF
LANGUAGE-STUDY

BY
HAROLD E. PALMER

ASSISTANT IN THE PHONETICS DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
LECTURER ON LINGUISTICS AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES LONDON
AUTHOR OF “THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND TEACHING OF LANGUAGES” “A FIRST COURSE OF ENGLISH PHONETICS” “100 SUBSTITUTION TABLES” ETC.

YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
1921

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