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3.1.2. Palmer's Method

One of the most prominent representatives who used the Structural Ap­proach in teaching was Harold Palmer [81]. His method was called the New Direct Method. As it can easily be seen from the title, besides structuralistic principles Palmer used those of the Direct Method (immediate connection between auditory images of words and their visual images, ousting the na­tive language out of the process of teaching and activating learner's intuitive sense and natural sensation ). From structuralism Palmer adopted the way of teaching grammar: teaching only those grammatical phenomena which were of high frequency and necessity in the language. Palmer's methods of teach­ing grammar were based on behavioral principles of psychology, according to which speech behavior of a human being is formed as an answer to the stimulus: to produce speech reactions in a foreign language learners are to be given speech stimuli in the foreign language. First they are to be shown how to react, i.e. how to produce a speech action. Palmer considered a stimulus to be a pattern of speech (a grammatical structure), e.g.: Stimuli: I like green houses. I like red houses. Students' reaction (responses): I like green houses. I like red houses.

A stimulus, which is a pattern sentence, is pronounced by a teacher and the students repeat it. More and more sentences are given for repetition. Nei­ther translation nor explanation is given. The students are to use their in­tuitive sense to comprehend the meaning from the visual aids, speech, mime and gestures, movements and facial expression of the teacher. If students can speak the pattern sentence, then they are suggested to substitute an element in the pattern. The element to substitute is given in bold type, e.g.: Stimuli: I like green houses

I've got a letter today. Responses: I like red houses

I've got a book today.

Any element of the structure could be substituted. At the advanced level 2 elements of the structure could be substituted.

It was a method which implied not only mechanical repetition. To carry out the substitutions learners had to develop their quick-wittedness. The substitutions carried out correctly rose their positive sensations. At the advanced level of teaching learners were suggested to make substitutions on their own. Palmer called this kind of drills Substitutional Tables. There can be found a lot of them in modern text-books, for example, in those by R.Murphy and T. Drozdova.

And still in Palmer's method purely mechanical repetition was overrated while spontaneous speech was underrated.

3.1.3. Audio-Lingual Methods

During the sixties and seventies there were introduced Audio-Lingual Methods. The aim was to develop audio-lingual skills, i.e. listening compre­hension and speaking. Rejection of translation, ousting the native language and ignoring conscious-raising approach were the main features of the Audio-Lingual Methods. The techniques used in them were similar to those applied by the teacher of intuitive direct methods, however preference was given to drills with tape— recorders and studying grammatical structures. A modifica­tion of this method is the Visual-Audio-Lingual Method in which visual aids such as films are applied.