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Hawkins, E. (1981). Modern Languages in the Curriculum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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Events:
143 events from this source recorded
1592
Birth of Comenius
1631
Jan Amos Comenius's 'Janua Linguarum Reserata' completed
1632
Comenius's "Didactica Magna"
1641
Comenius briefly in Lodon
1644
Milton's "Of Education"
1648
Comenius's 'Linguarum Methodus Novissima' completed
1659
Charles Hoole's translation of Comenius's 'Pictus' prepared
1660
Hoole's "A New Dictionary of the Old Art of Teaching School"
1690
Locke's 'An essay concerning human understanding'
1731
2nd edition of 2nd volume of Bailey's "Universal"
1732
Calmet's "Dictionary of the Holy Bible"
1794
Birkbeck enrolls at Edinburgh
1799
Birkbeck receives his MD
1816
Owen opens infant school
1823
James Hamilton publishes 'The Hamiltonian System'
1823
Hartnoll's "Exposure of the Hamiltonian System"
1826
le Vert's "Analytical, Comparative and Demonstrative Mode of Tuition"
1832
Ticknor's 'Lecture on the Best Method of Teaching the Living Languages'
1838
Kay obtains grant for Norwood school
1839
Kay becomes secretary of Committee of Council for Education
1848
A. J. Ellis's "Essentials of Phonetics"
1852
J. S. Blackies' two lectures in Aberdeen, 'On the Studying and Teaching of Languages'
1853
Claude Marcel's 'Language as a Means of Mental Culture and International Communication'
1853
Robertson's "Practical Lessons in French"
1853
Thring appointed headmaster of Uppingham
1857
Pemberton's "Euphonic System"
1858
Newcastle Commission
1864
Clarendon Commission report published
1864
Taunton Commission
1864
Prendergast's 'The Mastery of Languages' published
1867
Bell's 'Visible Speech'
1867
Marcel's "Study of Languages"
1868
Forster in charge of Education Department
1869
Sauveur and Heness open their first school in New Haven, Connecticut
1874
Sweet's "Papers to the Philological Society"
1874
Sauveur's 'An Introduction to the Teaching of Living Languages' published
1875
R. H. Quick publishes 'Account of Celebrated Methods'
1876
Sweet's "Papers to the Philological Society"
1876
A. G. Bell invents the telephone
1878
Edisson perfects the mechanical phonograph
1878
Levy's open letter to Sauveur
1878
Berlitz opens his first school in Rhode Island
1879
Sayce's "How to Learn a Language"
1880
Gouin's 'The Art of Teaching and Studying Languages' published
1882
Wilhelm Vietor's pamphlet 'Der Sprachunterricht muss umkehren' published
1882
Start of annual conferences of society of French teachers of French in Britain
1884
Felix Francke publishes 'Die praktische Spracherlernung'
1886
Phonetic Teachers' Association founded
1887
Colbeck's "On the Teaching of Modern Languages"
1887
Jowett's address to teachers of French
1889
IPA's journal 'Le Maitre Phonetique' first published
1890
Cheltenham Conference organised by MacGowan and Widgery to discuss recent FLT developments.
1892
Modern Language Association of Great Britain formed
1892
English translation of Gouin's 'The Art'
1894
Swan's "The Systematic Teaching of Languages"
1895
Surrey County Council subsidise French course taught using Gouin method
1896
1st English edition of Comenius's "Didactica Magna"
1899
Henry Sweet publishes 'The Practical Study of Languages'
1900
'Report of the Committee of Twelve' published
1903
Oxford Honours School of Modern Languages set up
1904
Jespersen's 'How to Teach a Foreign Language' published
1912
Board of Education Circular 797
1913
Board of Education Circular 826
1913
Leathe's "What is Education?"
1916
Board of Education's "Inquiry into the teaching of French in London Secondary Schools"
1916
National committee established to advise on advanced course in modern studies
1917
Palmer publishes 'The Scientific Study and Teaching of Languages'
1917
SSEC established
1918
SC and HSC established
1918
The Leathes Report: Modern Studies
1923
Tacke's paper "Der Sprachunterricht muss umkehren"
1927
Faraday's Christmas lectures
1928
BoE's "Report on the Position of French in the First School Certificate Examinations"
1934
Death of Vygotsky
1935
Richards' "Basic in Teaching"
1949
James' "An Essay on the Content of education"
1951
SC & HSC replaced with O and A levels
1952
TAVOR produced
1953
Taylor produces the 1st cloze test
1956
Kamenev's French course used at school in England
1957
Skinner's 'Verbal Behavior'
1957
Lado's 'Linguistics across cultures' published
1957
Noam Chomsky publishes "Syntactic Structures".
1958
National Defense Education Act passed
1958
Foundations laid for CSE
1959
Crowther Report
1959
Penfield & Robert's "Speech and Brain Mechanisms"
1959
Carroll & Sapon's "Modern Language Aptitude Test"
1960
Brooks' 'Language and Language Learning'
1960
Latin or Greek qualification dropped as entrance requirement to Cambridge University
1960
Wynburne's "Vertical Translation and the Teaching of English"
1961
Hayter Report
1961
Williams' "The Long Revolution"
1962
Annan Report
1962
First UK secondary school language lab installed
1962
SSEC dismantled
1962
FBI's "Foreign Languages in Industry"
1962
Vygotsky's "Thought and Language" published
1962
Curriculum Study Group formed
1962
Austin's 'How to Do Things with Words'
1963
Nuffield Project started
1963
Modern Languages in the Grammar School
1963
Spicer's team at Leeds Uni begin work on "En Avant"
1963
The Pilot Scheme started
1963
Stern's "Foreign Languages in Primary Education"
1963
Pilot Scheme announced in parliament
1964
Audio-Visual Language Association formed
1964
AEB O Level set for 1st time without prose translation into foreign language
1964
Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations formed
1964
Rivers' "The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher"
1965
Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT) founded.
1965
CSE first introduced
1965
Chomsky's 'Aspects of the Theory of Syntax' published
1965
Gougenheim et al's "Le francais fondamental"
1966
Chomsky's address to the North East Conference
1967
Cambridge University's entrance requires only one foreign language qualification
1967
Mackey's paper to Quebec Conference
1967
Lenneberg's 'Biological Foundations of Language'
1968
Residential wekend French courses ran by Hertfordshire LEA
1968
First 'reciprocal' English/Spanish course held at York uni
1969
Searle's "Speech Acts"
1971
Nuffield Foundation/York University Survey
1972
Bullock's committee set up
1972
Kavanagh & Mattingley's "Language by Ear and Eye"
1972
"National Child Development Study"
1972
'Sections bilingues' trial started at Mill Hill school
1972
Gattengo's "Teaching Foreign Languages in Schools - The Silent Way"
1973
White's "Towards a Compulsory Curriculum"
1974
NFER's "Primary French in the Balance"
1974
Erman's report on the York Study
1975
'The Bullock Report'
1975
Green's study on language laboratories
1975
Hawkes works in Somalia
1976
"Crisis in Modern Languages" Conference
1977
Hoy's "Early Teaching of Modern Languages"
1977
HMI's "Modern Languages in Comprehensive Schools"
1978
York university project on good practice in FLT in comprehensive schools
1978
Hawkins & Perrin's "Intensive Language Teaching in Schools"
1978
Lozanov's 'Suggestology and Outlines of Suggestopedy'
1978
CSU established at University of Dar es Salaam
1979
Eton College's broadsheet on FL study
1979
"Foreign Languages for Overseas Trade"
1981
Hawkins' "Modern Languages in the Curriculum"