feb 12, 1850 - The Englishman T. Pendergast (1806-1886)

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Was one of the first to record the observation that children use contextual and situational cues to interpret utterances and that they use memorized phrases and "routines" in speaking. He proposed the first "structural syllabus", advocating that learners be taught the most basic structural patterns occurring in the language-

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