This Language-learning Business (language And Language Learning, 22)

1. A Language. Introductory: A Typical Advertisement, A Conversation About It, And A Circular Letter Resulting From The Conversation -- Letter 1: The Language As A Code -- Letter 2: The Language As Literature -- Letter 3: The Language As Conversation -- Letter 4: The Language As Communication -- Letter 5: The Language As Sounds -- Letter 6: The Language As Speech. 2. Learning. Introductory: Another Conversation And Some More Circular Letters -- Letter 1: A Rational But Atrociously Expressed Attitude -- Letter 2: An Approach To A Group Of Languages Solely From The Point Of View Of A Student Of General Phonetics -- Letter 3: From A Student Who Requires A Specialist's Vocabulary -- Letter 4: The Reading Objective -- Letter 5: From A Student Of Comparative And Historical Philology -- Letter 6: From An Accommodating Student Of Riper Years -- Letter 7: A Typical Headmaster (or Principle) Replies -- Letter 8: Another Academic Attitude -- Letter 9: From A Practical Parent -- Letter 10: From A Parent Who Wants To Utilize The Natural Language-learning Forces -- Letter 11: A Fundamental Formula. 3. Business: An Outline Of A Comprehensive Language Course. Introductory: The Practical Application Of The Principles -- Stage 1: Specific Lessons In Pronunciation: Free Auditory Assimilation -- Stage 2: Lessons In Speaking -- Stage 3: Lessons In Reading And Writing -- Stage 4: Lessons In The Remaining Major Mechanisms -- Stage 5: Vocabulary Extension -- Stage 6: Free Composition, Translation, And Special Studies -- Appendix -- Bibliography. Harold E. Palmer: A Biographical Essay By Dorothée Anderson -- 1. Early Years: England, France, Belgium -- 2. University College -- 3. Summer Recess 4. Palmer's Impact On Japan -- 5. Palmer At Work -- 6. World Tour And Return To Japan -- 7. Felbridge. [by] Harold E. Palmer And H. Vere Redman; With A Biographical Essay On Harold E. Palmer By Dorothée Anderson. Includes Bibliographies.