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1396
First extant manual for teaching French in England
1483
First manual for teaching French & English prepared by William Caxton
1496
John Stanbridge's 'Accidence'
1521
Barclay's ''The Introductory to Wryte and to Prononouce French'
1528
Valence's 'Introductions in Frensshe'
1530
Palsgrave's 'L'ecslaircissement de la langue francoyse'
1534
Gilles Duwes' 'Introducrie for to lerne French'
1550
'A Very Necessary Book'
1575
de la Pichonnaye's 'A Plaine Pathway'
1576
Holyband's 'The French Littleton' published
1591
Stepney's 'The Spanish Schoolemaister'
1592
Birth of Comenius
1598
John Florio's "A Worlde of Wordes"
1631
Jan Amos Comenius's 'Janua Linguarum Reserata' completed
1641
Comenius briefly in Lodon
1658
Comenius's 'Orbis Sensualium Pictus' published
1659
Charles Hoole's translation of Comenius's 'Pictus' prepared
1675
Coles' "Nolens volens"
1683
Hoadly's 'The Natural Method of Teaching'
1703
Locke's interlinear "Aesop's Fables"
1769
Life of James Hamiliton
1829
Hamiliton's "The History, Principles, Practice, and Results of the Hamiltonian System"
1834
Ahn's 'New, Practical and Easy Method'
1835
Ollendorff's 'New Method'
1845
B. Sears' 'The Ciceronian or the Prussian Method of Teaching the Elements of the Latin Language' published
1852
J. S. Blackies' two lectures in Aberdeen, 'On the Studying and Teaching of Languages'
1853
Ploetz's 'Elemtarbuch der franzosischen Sprache'
1853
Robertson's "Practical Lessons in French"
1875
R. H. Quick publishes 'Account of Celebrated Methods'
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
1883
'Alliance Francaise' founded
1884
Felix Francke publishes 'Die praktische Spracherlernung'
1885
Passy's 'Le francais parle'
1886
Modern Languages Tripos started at Cambridge
1887
Passy's 'Les sons du francais'
1887
Colbeck's "On the Teaching of Modern Languages"
1887
Jowett's address to teachers of French
1888
Widgery's 'The Teaching of Languages in Schools' 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'
1892
Appointment of Committee of Twelve
1893
Passy's "Elementarbuch des gesprochenen Franzosisch'
1895
Surrey County Council subsidise French course taught using Gouin method
1898
Ripman & Alge's "First French Book"
1901
Rosenthal's 'The German Language'
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
Maryland proposes aural/oral testing in Modern Languages
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'
1918
'Modern Studies' report published
1918
The Leathes Report: Modern Studies
1920
Lambley's history of French language teaching in Tudor England
1926
Bryn Mawr Test of Ability to Understand Spoken French project started
1926
Hedgcock's "Active French Course"
1928
Wood's test for the Cooperative Test Service
1928
BoE's "Report on the Position of French in the First School Certificate Examinations"
1929
Collin's "A French Course for Schools"
1929
IAAM's "Memorandum"
1936
Somerville's "A Primer of French Grammar"
1937
Kaulfers' article 'Objective tests and exercises in French pronunciation'
1937
Saxelby's "En Route" and "En Marche"
1941
Intensive Language Program of the American Council of Learned Societies
1943
American Army's ASTP courses run
1944
Bodmer & Hogben's "The Loom of Language"
1945
Peers' "'New' Tongues or Modern Language Teaching of the Future"
1952
TAVOR produced
1953
UNESCO-sponsored seminar on teaching of modern languages
1953
Role of Foreign Languages in American Schools conference
1953
"The Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Elementary School"
1954
"Le Francais Elementaire"
1954
BBC starts to develop radio FL courses
1956
Kamenev's French course used at school in England
1956
MoE's pamphlet "Modern Languages"
1960
Latin or Greek qualification dropped as entrance requirement to Cambridge University
1961
Hayter Report
1961
Some Leeds primary schools start French at 10
1961
MLA assessment of FL teaching in US high schools
1962
Annan Report
1962
FBI's "Foreign Languages in Industry"
1962
"Le Francais: Ecouter et Parler"
1962
"Let's Speak French"
1962
"Parlons Francais" distributed in the UK
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
MLA starts to look at alternative syllabus for FL o'level
1963
Otter's aural-oral test piloted
1963
MLA Cooperative Foreign Language Tests
1964
Committee on Reasearch & Development in Modern Languages
1964
AEB O Level set for 1st time without prose translation into foreign language
1964
Ministry of Education Circular 2/64
1964
BBC's "French for Beginners"
1964
2nd phase of Otter's pilot aural-oral tests
1964
BCC's FL tests first set
1964
Prototype of "En Avant" becomes available
1964
Teachers for the Pilot Scheme trainedi n Paris and Besancon
1965
1st French immersion kindergarten class started in Canada
1965
Tyrer's "A Programmed German Grammar"
1965
3rd phase of Otter's aural-oral tests
1965
"International Conference: Modern Foreign Language Teaching Report"
1966
'Haut Comite' founded
1966
En Avant becomes commercially available
1966
"Le Francais d'Aujourd'hui"
1966
"French: a Structural Approach"
1966
"German: a Structural Approach"
1966
JMB trials a test based on MLA project
1967
Cambridge University's entrance requires only one foreign language qualification
1967
Nuffield Project's materials for Spanish, German and Russian start to be published
1967
Pimsleur's Modern Foreign Language Proficiency Tests
1968
Residential wekend French courses ran by Hertfordshire LEA
1968
Burstall's interim report on the Pilot Scheme
1969
Schools Council's FLT regional conferences
1969
Spicer's survey of initial training of language teachers
1970
Last part of "Longman Audio-Visual French" published
1971
The Group of Experts formed
1972
National Council for Modern Languages established
1972
'Sections bilingues' trial started at Mill Hill school
1973
Trim et al's "Systems Development in Adult Language Learning"
1973
Macnamara's "Nurseries, Streets and Classrooms"
1974
NFER's "Primary French in the Balance"
1974
spread of use of introduction to languages in Australian schools
1975
Rivers' "Practical Guide to the Teaching of French"
1976
Coste's Threshold Level French syllabus
1976
"Crisis in Modern Languages" Conference
1977
Van Ek's 'Waystage' published
1977
Hoy's "Early Teaching of Modern Languages"
1977
HMI's "Modern Languages in Comprehensive Schools"
1977
3rd meeting of European Modern Language Project
1977
Group of Experts work formalised
1978
National Congress on Languages in Education
1978
President's Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies
1978
York university project on good practice in FLT in comprehensive schools
1979
Slagter's Threshold Level Spanish syllabus
1979
Eton College's broadsheet on FL study
1979
"Foreign Languages for Overseas Trade"
1979
Rivers' study of teachers perceptions of FL learners' goals
1980
Brown's "Principles of Language Learning and Teaching"
1980
Hanna et al's "Contact and Communication"
1981
Baldegger et al's Threshold Level German syllabus
1981
Hawkins' "Modern Languages in the Curriculum"
1982
National Congress on Languages in Education sets up working party on language awareness
1983
Stern's "Fundamental Concepts of LanguageTeaching"
1983
Hawkins' "Spoken and Written Language"
1984
Hawkin's "Awareness of Language: An Introduction"
1984
Jones' "How Languages Work"
1985
Pomphrey's "Language varieties and change"
1985
Astley & Hawkin's "Using Language"
1985
Dunlea's "How do we learn languages?"
1985
Donmall's report on language awareness initiatives in British schools
1987
Brown's "Principles of Language Learning and Teaching" 2nd edition
1989
Britain refuses to sign up for EU Lingua programme
1992
Stern's "Issues and Options in Language Teaching"