● OTHER NAMES :-
• New Approach
• Aural – oral Approach
• Speech First Approach

● BREMINTON, “Structural Approach is a scientific study of the fundamental structures of the English language, their analysis and logical arrangements.”

● MENON AND PATEL, ” Structural Approach based on the belief that in the learning of a foreign language, mastery of structures is more important than acquisition of vocabulary.”

● C.S. BHANDARI, ” The Structural Approach to English is teaching the learner certain selected structures in a certain order.”

● OBJECTIVES OF STRUCTURAL APPROACH :-
• To enable pupils to attain mastery over an essential vocabulary of about 3000 words for active use
• To teach four fundamental skills (LSRW)
• To lay the foundation of English by establishing through drill and repetition of about 275 graded structures.

● TYPES OF STRUCTURES :-
1. Sentence pattern
2. Formulae
3. Phrase pattern
4. Idioms

● PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL APPROACH :-
• The importance of Speech.
• Importance of forming language habits.
• Importance of students’ activities.
• Emphasis on drills ― structures are drilled orally first before the learner can read or write them.
• Principle of selection –
a) usefulness
b) productivity
c) simplicity
d) teachability
• Principle of gradation.

● MERITS OF STRUCTURAL APPROACH :-
• Helps the students to acquire fluency in their spoken English.
• Involves active participation of students.
• Teaching is conducted by creating meaningful situation.
• Emphasis on the use of active vocabulary.
• Language material is simplified by means of proper selection and gradation.
• Teach one item at one time.
• Learning of language takes place in a natural way.

● LIMITATIONS/DEMERITS OF STRUCTURAL APPROACH :-
• Lots of practice makes the learning process dull and mechanical.
• Lack of skilled teachers.
• All textbooks are not available according to Structural Approach.