Historical Background of Foreign Language Education By Dominic de Neuville

Historical Background of Foreign Language Education By Dominic de Neuville Dominic de Neuville www. transitweb. ch Ancient to medieval period Although the need to learn foreign languages is almost as old as human history itself, the origins of modern... More

Historical Background of Foreign Language Education By Dominic de Neuville Dominic de Neuville www. transitweb. ch Ancient to medieval period Although the need to learn foreign languages is almost as old as human history itself, the origins of modern language education are in the study and teaching of Latin in the 17th century. Latin had for many centuries been the dominant language of education, commerce, religion, and government in much of the Western world, but it was displaced by French, Italian, and English by the end of the 16th century. John Amos Comenius was one of many people who tried to reverse this trend. He composed a complete course for learning Latin, covering the entire school curriculum, culminating in his Opera Didactica Omnia, 1657. In this work, Comenius also outlined his theory of language acquisition. He is one of the first theorists to write systematically about how languages are learned and about pedagogical methodology for language acquisition. He held th Less