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Details for:
Howatt, A. P. R. (2005). Language Teaching: History. in Brown, K. (ed.).
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd Edition) Vol.6
. : Elsevier Science, pp.634-646
events
Events:
32 events from this source recorded
1530
Palsgrave's 'L'ecslaircissement de la langue francoyse'
1540
"royal diktat that only Lily's Latin grammar" could be used in schools
1570
Ascham's 'The Schoolmaster'
1580
Jacques Bellot's "The English Schoolmaster" published
1653
John Wallis's 'Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae' published
1658
Comenius's 'Orbis Sensualium Pictus' published
1685
Cooper's 'Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae' published
1693
Locke's 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education'
1746
Life of Heinrich Pestalozzi
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1762
Rousseau's 'Emile'
1762
Lowth publishes "Short Introduction to English Grammar"
1783
Meidinger's 'Praktische franzosiche Grammatik'
1791
John Walker publishes 'Critical Pronouncing Dictionary'
1834
Ahn's 'New, Practical and Easy Method'
1845
Sweet's life
1852
Life of Maximilian Berlitz
1853
Claude Marcel's 'Language as a Means of Mental Culture and International Communication'
1877
Life of Palmer
1878
Berlitz opens his first school in Rhode Island
1880
Gouin's 'The Art of Teaching and Studying Languages' published
1882
Wilhelm Vietor's pamphlet 'Der Sprachunterricht muss umkehren' published
1899
Henry Sweet publishes 'The Practical Study of Languages'
1904
Jespersen's 'How to Teach a Foreign Language' published
1917
Jones's 'The English Pronouncing Dictionary' published
1917
Palmer publishes 'The Scientific Study and Teaching of Languages'
1921
Palmer publishes 'Principles of Language Study'
1922
Palmer appointed Linguistic Adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Education
1930
Ogden's 'Basic English' published
1943
American Army's ASTP courses run
1962
Austin's 'How to Do Things with Words'
1971
The Threshold Level initiated