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1500
Latin Skills
In this century, there were only three different languages taughtonly for children such as Greek, Hebrew, including Latin. -
1582
First part of the Elementarie by Richard Mulcaster
This section, Mulcaster wrotes this book with the purpose of doing emphasis to use of English in children (elementary school). -
Wolfgang Ratke and his basic principle "Methodus"
Ratke opened the first German mother tongue school and introduced his principle "Methodus". -
Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke
John elaborated his essay "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" to reflect an advice on a modern system of education in order to replace horrors of grammar in schools. -
The Theory of Daniel Duncan
Daniel Duncan expressed the idea that "The learning of dead languaes is a yoke that neither we nor our fore-fathers could ever bear when we were children." -
Robert Lowth's Short Introduction to English Grammar
Lowth introduces this concept about how the English Grammar cannot be disputed. -
Jean-Jacques Rosseau wrotes a novel about education called "Emile"
In this year, Rosseau wrote a novel in which declared that Emile, a boy, could have a hard process when it is learning about evertything that sorround us and how to manage every situation in school. -
Stanley Leathes and The Board of Education
Stanley Leathes considers that in some school, such a public or private, in the case of learning languages could have barriers if the system in that time does not change. -
William Penfield and the FLES Programme
William Penfield believes that pre-adolescent children are appropiated for the foreign language acquisition.
