The Palmer-Hornby Contribution to English Teaching in Japan

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ID12204675
AuthorsR C Smith (0000-0001-6996-9037), Richard Smith (0000-0001-9634-2918, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume11
Issue4
Pages269-291
Publication date1998-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Lexicography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-3846 • E-ISSN: 1477-4577
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ijl/11.4.269
OpenAlexW2023109874
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article situates the important work of Harold E. Palmer (1877–1949) and A. S. Hornby (1898–1978) in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s in relation to the establishment and overall research and reform programme of the IRET (Institute for Research in English Teaching). Two strands (and conceptions) of applied research are identified, one leading from Palmer's early work in Japan into the continuing development of ‘appropriate methodology’ by Japanese teachers themselves, the second leading from later lexicological research work by Palmer and Hornby–itself originating in a concern to reform the content of instruction in the Japanese context – into world-wide pre– and post-war developments as well as ultimate, partial application in Japan in the form of the Idiomatic and Syntactic English Dictionary (published by Kaitakusha in 1942). In tracing the history of the Institute, this article attempts to evaluate the contributions of Palmer and Hornby to the reform of English teaching in Japan, and to assess their related lexicological achievements

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