Harold Edward Palmer, usually just Harold E. Palmer (6 March 1877 – 16 November 1949), was an English linguist, phonetician and pioneer in the field of teaching English as a second language.
He stayed in Japan for 14 years and reformed its English education.
In 1902, he went to Belgium and started teaching English at Berlitz school.
In 1922, he was invited by Masataro Sawayanagi, Kojiro Matsukata and went to Japan.
In 1937, he published Thousand-Word English with A. S. Hornby, the main creator of the first Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
During World War II he lived in England, and assisted the war effort with his language skills, publishing three booklets about the French language, to assist soldiers preparing for the invasion of Normandy.
A First Course in English Phonetics, including an Explanation of the Scope of the Science of Phonetics, the Theory of Sounds, a Catalogue of English Sounds and a Number of Articulation, Pronunciation and Transcription Exercises.
The Scientific Study and Teaching of Languages: A Review of the Factors and Problems Connected with the Learning and Teaching of Modern Languages with an Analysis of the Various Methods which may be Adopted in order to Attain Satisfactory Results.
The Oral Method of Teaching Languages: A Monograph on Conversational Methods together with a Full Description and Abundant Examples of Fifty Appropriate Forms of Work.
Everyday Sentences in Spoken English, with Phonetic Transcription and Intonation Marks (for the Use of Foreign Students).
A Grammar of Spoken English, on a Strictly Phonetic Basis.
Memorandum on Problems of English Teaching in the Light of a New Theory.
Corresponding to the Book I (Part II) of the Standard English Readers.
Tokyo, Institute for Research in English Teaching Kennard, J. S. and H. E. Palmer (1926).
Corresponding to the Book II (Part I) of the Standard English Readers.
Some Specimens of English Phonetic Transcription (with Intonation and Key).
A First Course of English Phonetics, including an Explanation of the Scope of the Science of Phonetics, the Theory of Sounds, a Catalogue of English Sounds and a Number of Articulation, Pronunciation and Transcription Exercises.
Classroom Procedures and Devices (In Connection With English Teaching).
The Institute for Research in English Teaching: its History and Work.
Interim Report on Vocabulary Selection for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Book III: More Advanced Oral Exercises and Written Compositions.
Foreign Language Teaching: Past, Present and Future.
Everyday Sentences in Spoken English, with Phonetic Transcription and Intonation Marks (for the Use of Foreign Students).
Everyday Sentences in Spoken English, with Phonetic Transcription and Intonation Marks (for the Use of Foreign Students).
A Grammar of Spoken English, on a Strictly Phonetic Basis.
A Dictionary of English Pronunciation with American Variants, in Phonetic Transcription.
A Commemorative Volume Issued by the Institute for Research in English Teaching on the Occasion of the Tenth Annual Conference of English Teachers Held under its Auspices.
Tokyo, Institute for Research in English Teaching The Bulletin of the Institute for Research in English Teaching (photographically reproduced in 7 volumes), ed.
Institute for Research in Language Teaching (1985), Tokyo: Meicho Fukyu Kai Composition by analogy is often referred to as the generative principle.
Palmer coined the term "ergon", defined as a phrase that serves as a syntactic prototype from which pupils can construct further sentences.