A BRIEF HISTORY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING
language teaching methods thoughout history have reflected in the kind of
proficiency learners need, such as a move toward oral proficiency rather than
reading comprehension as the goal of language study.
They have also reflected
changes in theories of the nature of language and of language learning.
It has been estimated that some
60 porcent of today's world population is multilingual.
Throughout history foreing
language learning has always been an important practical concern.
Once basic proficiency was
stablished students were introduced to advance study of grammar and rethoric
school , learning must have been a deadening experience for children in
knowledge were often met with brutal punishment.
By the nineteenth century, this
approach based on the study of latin had become the standard way of studying
foreign languages in schools , textbooks are used for organized around grammar
points.
There are many characteristics
of the grammar translation method are:
The objetive of foreign
language study is to learn a language in order to read and this has a benefit
from the mental discipline and intellectual development that result from
foreing language study.
This method was focused in the
memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations
translations of texts, doing written exercises or grammatical rules.
Classes are taught in the
mother tongue, with little active use of the target language
Much vocabulary is taught in
the form of lists of isolated words
Grammar provides the rules for
putting words together and instruction ofthen focuses on the form and
inflection of words.
Reading of difficult classical
texts is begun early.
little attention is paid
to the content of texts which are treated as exercises in grammatical
analysis.
Little or no attention is given
to pronunciation
Grammar is taught deductively
it is by representation and study of grammar rules.
conclusion:
The comunication is very
important in the world you can change important information or a nice message,
you can study many languages and you can understand very clear the information
and you can have a communicative competence.
Edberg irvin Reyes Juárez
Andrea Camargo Luna