A brief history of language learning

The chapter talks about the evolution of language teaching and show to us methods that were meaninful in the history
1. It explain 4 main methods that were importtant in the history thanks to their changes or how different were between each other
  1. The grammar-translation method
    1. Johann Seidenstucker
    2. -The goal of foreign language study is to learn a language in order to read it literature.
    3. Karl Plotz
    4. H.S. Ollendorf
    5. -Reading and writing were the major focus.
    6. - Vocabulary selection was based solely on reading text used, and word were thought through bilingual word list, dictionary study and memorization.
    7. - The sentence was the basic unit of teaching and language practice.
  2. Child language learning
    1. C. Marcel
    2. -Reading had to be thought before other skills.
    3. T. Prendergast
    4. F. Gouin
    5. - The first “structural syllabus” was proposed in this method.
    6. - Memorized phrases and routines were used for speaking.
    7. - I walk toward the door -> I walk.
  3. Natural Method
    1. - The spoken language was primary.
    2. Henry Sweet
    3. Wilhelm Vietor
    4. Paul Passy
    5. - The findings of phonetics should be applied to teaching and to teacher training.
    6. - The learner should hear the language first, before seeing it in written form.
    7. - All the words and sentences should be practices in meaningful contexts.
  4. The Direct Method
    1. - Classroom instruction was conducted only in the target language.
    2. Maximilian Berlitz
    3. F. Franke
    4. L. Sauveur
    5. - Only vocabulary and sentences of the day were taught.
    6. - Oral communication was built with assertive communication between teachers and students in an answer-and-question exchange.
    7. - Grammar was taught inductively.
    8. - New teaching points were introduced orally.

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