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1500
Latin was no longer the most popular languauge
As a result of political changes in Europe latin gradually became displaced as a language of spoken and written communication. -
The rise in popularity of different languages
In the sixteenth century, however, French, Italian, and English gained in importance, -
Claude Marcel
Referred to child language learning as a model for language teaching, emphasized the importance of meaning in learning, proposed that reading be taught before other skills, and tried to locate language teaching within a broader educational frame-
work. -
The study of latin took on a different function
It was secluded to being used as a way to understand classical literature, (the Latin in which the classical works of Virgil, Ovid, and Cicero were written). -
Thomas Prendergast
He proposed the first structural Syllabus, advocating that learners be taught the most basic structural patterns ocurring in the language. -
Lamert Sauveur
In the natural method he argued that a foreign language could be taught without translation or the use of the learners native language if meaning was conveyed directly through demonstration and action. -
Felix Gouin
Developed an approach to teaching a foreign language based on his observations of childrens use of language. -
Henry Sweet
He argued that sound methodological principles should be based on a scientific analysis of language and a study of psychology. -
Wilhelm Vi ̈etor
He used linguistic theory to justify his views on language teaching and he argued that training on phonetics would enable teachers to pronounce the language accurately. -
F. Franke
According to him a language could best be taught by using it actively in the classroom. -
The International Phonetic Association
Its international phonetic alphabet was designed to enable to sounds of an language to be accurately transcripted. -
The 1920s
A began in 1923 on the state of foreign language teaching concluded that no single method could guarantee successful results. -
The 1930s
Applied linguists systematized the principles proposed earlier by the reformed movement and so laid the foundations for what developed into the British approach to teaching English as a foreign language. -
the 1950s
The 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of the Audiolingual Method and the Situational Method, which were both superseded by the Communicative Approach. -
The 1990s
Content-Based Instruction and Task-Based Language Teaching emerged as new approaches to language teaching as did
movements such as Competency-Based Instruction that focus on the outcomes of learning rather than methods of teaching.