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1401
Middle Age
In the Middle Age, the use of Latin was particularly spoken in the church, administration, and law.
This trend was accelerated in the 15th century by the invention and spread of printing. -
1500
Latin and Vernacular Languages
By this age, the stage was set for a major educational shift from Latin and Vernacular languages but the opposite happened. Reinassance humanists that revitalized the study of classical languages and encouraged knowledge of the literature of ancient times. The renaissance grammar remained for two centuries, which consisted in studying the language in a deeper way. -
1582
Richard Mulcaster
He spoke about English as the Frist part of the elementary. Reminding that English was the lanuage of our liberty and freedom. -
17th Century
English appeared in the curriculum but it was accepted until the mid-19th century. -
Role of the Mother Tongue
Comenium talked about the central role of the mother tongue in the child's search of meaning in his book The Great Didactic published in Czech in 1630. -
Direct Method
The Direct or Natural method was used in the language teaching. -
Mother Tongue
Around 1696, Joseph Arckin pointed out the importance of using the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in educational teaching, -
Vernacular Movement
Throughout the 18th century, the Vernacular Movement gathered support but progress was slow. -
18th Century
In Europe the teaching was focused on Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. They thought that the best age for them to learn was from the age of 8 to 14. -
Elementary Education
Elementary Education for all finally came in the late 19th century but did not include the teaching of foreign languages. -
20th century
Foreign languages are peripheral skills which can be acquired as and when they needed.