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There was a growing awareness of national awareness facilitated by the invention and spreading of printing.
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Even though the scenario was set up for students to turn to vernacular languages learning, what happened was a revival of interest into history and ancient languages
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Richard Mulcaster, a teacher in Elizabethan London, publishes First Part Of The Elementarie, where he claimed that English was the language of liberty and freedom.
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Mulcaster's book contributes to the standardisation of the English spelling system in the early seventeenth century
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Wolfgang Ratke opens the first German mother tongue school, which fails due to the lack of sensible practical planning
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Comenius publishes a book called "Great didcactic" where he states the role of the mother tongue in the child's exploration of meaning.
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John Locke publishes "Some thoughts concerning education", where he states "As soon as the child is able to speak English, it is time for him to learn a new language", which makes Locke a supporter of the Critical Period Hypothesis.
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Priestley concludes that the property of introducing English grammar into English schools cannot be disputed
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Short Introduction to English Grammar by Lowth is published and states the influential prescriptive grammar.
Emile, by Rousseau (a quasi-novel about teaching, learning and childhood), is also published and becomes "the Bible" of the liberal educationalists ever since. -
John Miller publishes the first non-European ELT book, called "The Tutor or A New English And Bengalee Work".
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Until the late 19th century, basic elementary education was only for the priviledge, however, even though it became of public domain, it did not include language teaching (which was only for "selected" secondary schools).
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Large-scale shifts of population resulted in linguistic minorities
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Penfield states that pre-adolescent children acquire foreign languages easier than people of other ages