Two Centuries of English Language Teaching and Learning in Sp... - 9781041190004

Two Centuries of English Language Teaching and Learning in Spain1769-1970\nAuthor(s): Alberto Lombardero Caparrs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041190004, 978-1041190004\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an exhaustive historical account of how the English language was taught and learnt in Spain over two centuries. Since its origins back in 1769 with the publication of San Joaqun de Pedro's 'Gramtica inglesa' until 1970, a key year in European and World affairs. A period of time ample enough to accurately gauge the impact of this social phenomenon against the backdrop of social and political unrest which looms over the whole period but also with scientific breakthroughs that shaped our modern world. The history of ELT runs parallel to those events adopting diffferent mainstrem trends ranging from the Traditional or Latin-like approach to foreign language teaching to the so-called Grammar-Translation Method and the .