The Principles Of Language-Study

About this eBook

Author

Palmer, Harold E., 1877-1949

Title

The Principles of Language-Study

Credits

Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

P: Language and Literatures

Subject

Language and languages -- Study and teaching

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46961

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46961

Release Date

September 25, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE-STUDY
2. 2.PRÉFACE DÉDICATOIRE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.SYNOPSIS — 1. We possess Natural or Spontaneous Capacities for acquiring Speech — 2. Our Studial Capacities and how to use them — 3. Why we must use our Studial Capacities — 4. The Student and his Aim — 5. The Supreme Importance of the Elementary Stage — 6. The Principles of Language-teaching — 7. Initial Preparation — 8. Habit-forming and Habit-adapting — 9. Accuracy — 10. Gradation — 11. Proportion — 12. Concreteness — 13. Interest — 14. A Rational Order of Progression — 15. The Multiple Line of Approach — 16. ‘Memorized Matter’ and ‘Constructed Matter’
5. 5.CHAPTER I OUR SPONTANEOUS CAPACITIES FOR ACQUIRING SPEECH
6. 6.CHAPTER II OUR STUDIAL CAPACITIES AND HOW TO USE THEM
7. 7.CHAPTER III WHY WE MUST USE OUR STUDIAL CAPACITIES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE STUDENT AND HIS AIM
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE ELEMENTARY STAGE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE-TEACHING
11. 11.CHAPTER VII INITIAL PREPARATION
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII HABIT-FORMING AND HABIT-ADAPTING
13. 13.CHAPTER IX ACCURACY
14. 14.CHAPTER X GRADATION
15. 15.CHAPTER XI PROPORTION
16. 16.CHAPTER XII CONCRETENESS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII INTEREST
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV A RATIONAL ORDER OF PROGRESSION
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE MULTIPLE LINE OF APPROACH
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI ‘MEMORIZED MATTER’ AND ‘CONSTRUCTED MATTER’ — ( a ) Grammatical Construction — ( b ) Ergonic Construction — ( c ) Conversion
21. 21.INDEX
22. 22.FOOTNOTES
23. 23.Transcriber's Note

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