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During the 15th century there was an use of Latin skills, in church.
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During this time a new energy was emerging in European
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During the mid 16th centrury education had to grow out of the child's experience mother tongue and foreign languages.
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Wolfgang Ratke opened the first German mother tongue school which eventually failed
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It was thought that childen would learn Latin grammar easier if they learnt English grammar first.
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John Locke gave an advice on a modern system of education which could replace the horror of grammar schools.
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This were taught by native-speaking tutors following what were called "natural" conversation methods
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English did not appear on any school curriculum until this period and grammar schools rejected it until the mid 19th century
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According to Joseph Priestley "the propriety of introducing the English grammar into English schools can not be disputed"
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In 1762 was published Lowth's Short Introduction to English Grammar
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Until the 18th centure formal education consisted exclusively in the teaching of foreign languages.
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This man created an education institution for every young children known as the "kindergarten"
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In Britain before the 70s Foreign languages were reserved for bright adolescents, the top 20% who had passed the entrance test to the grammar schools.
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The emergence of direct methods and natural approaches Modified the methodology of the teaching-learning process, this lead the creation of activities in classroom that included foreign languages.
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Basic education finally arrived to Europe during the late 19th century but did not include foreign languages wich were restricted to selective secondary schools.
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During the late 19th centuy it was stated that foreign languages “were unsuited to the needs of elementary schoolers” and should only took place in secondary level of schooling
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The language was designated as a mere medium of communication and children learned by the ability of flexibility and adaptation. The way children acquired a second language depended on how adults used to talk to children to make the understand.
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North America proved successful in promoting practical second language skills among very young children
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The absence of foreign languages from most of the state education sector was seriously questioned.
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The FLES (Foreign Languages in the Elementary School) programme continued until mid 60s with some success but new ideas failed to materialize.