Language Teaching Through the Ages (Paperback, 1)

Introduction: Why Study the History of Language Teaching? Part I: In the Beginning  1. In the Beginning?  2. Mesopotamia: The First Records  3. Egypt: The Effect of Language Change  4. The Greeks: The Foundations of Western Education  5. The Romans: Refining the System  6. The Middle Ages: A Few Bright Spots Part II: The Early Modern World 7. William Lily's Famous Grammar 8. Erasmus’s Ideas on Education  9. Roger Ascham and His Double Translation Technique  10. Claudius Holyband: "A Frenchman Which Doth His Dutie"  11. Michel de Montaigne: The Last Native Speaker of Latin?  12. John Brinsley’s Advice to Teachers  13. Eilhard Lubinus: A Call for Change  14. Jan Comenius Creates a Full-Scale Science of Education  15. The Port-Royal Community  16. John Wilkins and His Rational Language  17. John Locke: Who Needs Latin?  18. Cesar Chesneau du Marsais, Philosophy, and Grammar  19. Robert Lowth’s Prescriptivist Grammar  20. Lindley Murray: "The Father of English Grammar"  21. The Grammar-Translation Method: It’s Not What You Think  22. Two Diversions: Prendergast and Gouin  23. Esperanto: A Successful Created Language  24. Natural Methods: Learning Like Children  Part III: Modern Times  25. The Reform Movement: The Start of Modern Times  26. Two Reports on the State of Language Teaching  27. Harold Palmer: A Modern Teacher  28. The Controversy of Basic English  29. World War II and the "Army Specialized Training Program"  30. After the War  31. The 1970s and Beyond 32. Conclusion