Works by Harold E. Palmer
For a comprehensive bibliography, see:
Smith, Richard C. 1999. The Writings of Harold E. Palmer: An Overview. Tokyo: Hon-no-Tomosha.
Quite a few works by Palmer are now accessible to read online via 'Open Library': search for 'Palmer, Harold E.'
One early and very rare work is among these: Palmer's Manuel d'anglais parléLink opens in a new window (1913). Two later, major works also available to read online are The Principles of Language-Study Link opens in a new window(1921) and The Oral Method of Teaching LanguagesLink opens in a new window (1921). This Language-Learning Business (1932/1969), compiled with H.V. Redman and containing a biographical essay by Palmer's daughter Dorothée, is an accessible introduction, made available via ERIC. English through Actions (1925), written with Dorothée Palmer, is also now available online.
Here are some of the works by Harold Palmer that we have copies of in the Warwick ELT Archive:
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The Scientific Study & Teaching of Languages 1917 London: Harrap US edition available to read via 'Open Library' hereLink opens in a new window |
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The Bulletin of the Institute for Research in English Teaching (Founder and Editor, 1923-1936) Tokyo: The Institute for Research in English Teaching |
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Colloquial English Part I. 100 Substitution Tables. 1923 Cambridge: Heffer Available to read via 'Open Library' here |
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Thinking in English 1923 Tokyo: The Institute for Research in English Teaching |
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English through Questions and Answers Book I (Part I) 1926 Tokyo: The Institute for Research in English Teaching |
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Second Interim Report on English Collocations 1933 Tokyo: The Institute for Research in English Teaching |
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Everyday Sentences in Spoken English 1935 Cambridge: Heffer. 1922 edition available to read via 'Open Library' hereLink opens in a new window. |
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Thousand-Word English [with A.S. Hornby] 1937 London: Harrap |
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A Grammar of English Words 1938 London: Longmans, Green |
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A Grammar of Spoken English 1939 Cambridge: Heffer |
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Foreign Language Teaching Past, Present and Future 1942 Buenos Aires: Mitchell's English Book-Store |
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New Method English Practice Book One 1956 London: Longmans, Green |
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The Selected Writings of Harold E. Palmer (10 volumes), edited by the Institute for Research in Language Teaching, published 1995 by Hon-no-Tomosha, Tokyo |
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Facsimile reproduction of all 180+ issues of The Bulletin of the Institute for Research in English Teaching (1923-1941) (7 volumes), edited by the Institute for Research in Language Teaching, published 1985 by Meicho Fukyukai, Tokyo |
