A brief history of english language teaching
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The document discusses the history of language teaching and the evolution of grammar schools over the last 500 years, emphasizing the widespread influence of Latin and the emergence of modern languages like English, French, and German. It describes the grammar-translation method, where the primary focus is on reading and writing through detailed grammar analysis and translation exercises, with little emphasis on speaking and listening. It highlights that the students’ native language serves as the medium of instruction in this approach.
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- 2. Precaution Things to be known: ELT LSRW ESL EFL DEDUCTIVE INDUCTIVE ESP EAP
- 3. Introduction History of language teaching could be traced before 500 years Latin was wide spread among different parts of the world. Eminent scholars like Virgil, Ovid and Cicero came from Latin and people wished to become scholar by understanding and learning them. This resulted in ‘grammar schools’, the students were taught Latin grammar and rhetoric.
- 4. Contd… Between 17th and 19th century, several modern languages like English, French and German came into position leading to many new grammar schools of those languages. The modern grammar schools taught grammar rules, gave translation exercises, practiced in writing sample sentences and concentrated on the study of conjugations. They also had textbooks, which carried grammar rules, list of vocabulary and sentences for translation.
- 6. Latin’s influence in English language teaching In US as Prussian Method
- 7. Characteristics of the Grammar- Translation Method The goal of foreign language study is to learn a language in order to read its literature. GT is a way of studying a language that approaches the language first through detailed analysis of its grammar rules, followed by application of this knowledge to the task of translating sentences and texts into and out of the target language. The first language is maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of the second language. Reading and writing are the major focus; little attention is paid to speaking and listening.
- 8. Contd.. The grammar rules are presented and illustrated, a list of vocabulary items is presented with their translation equivalents, and translation exercises are prescribed. Sentence is the basic unit of teaching and language practice. Much of the lesson is devoted to translating sentences into and out of the target language. Grammar is taught deductively The students’ native language is the medium of instruction