A Brief History Of Language Teaching

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING

According with to Kelly (1969) and Howatt (1984) sixty percent of today’s world population is multilingual. Both from contemporary and historical perspective,bilingualism or multilingualism is the norm rather than the exception. On these bases it is fair to recognize that foreign language learning has an important practical concern. Whereas today Englishis the world’s most widely studied foreign language, five hundred years ago it was Latin.
It is important to know this base, that more than the half world population is multilingual or bilingualismand English has a relevant position all over the world, in my personal view that is one of the point why English is very important. But not always was like this. As Howatt said (1984) in the sixteenthcentury, the dominant language of education, commerce, religion and government was Latin in the Western’s world .
The Latin grammar was the basis of learning focus on grammar rules, conjugations,list of vocabulary, sentences for translations, practice in writing exercises, when student finished basic study then they continue advance study of grammar including their brutal way of punishment.Kelly (1969) and Howatt (1984) In the seventeenth century Roger Aschan, Montaigne , Comenius and John Locke had made a specific proposal s for curriculum reform and changes in the way Latin wastaught.
I think that this was a join initiative, even though Latin was continue teaching, at the same time these proposal was the first step of the status of Latin diminished, not right away, butlittle by little lost their position in the following century .
In the eighteenth century when Latin tongue lost Its position this was replaced by vernacular languages and enter to European schoolbut they use the same procedure of Latin structure
THE ORIGIN OF THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

According to Palmer (1917, 1921) the Communicative approach started...