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Applied Linguistics II Focus on Teaching A Course for Graduate Students Position and relation Position and relation Focus On teacher and teaching Objectives Chapter One History of Language Teaching History: reading H. H. Stern (75-116) Richards Rodgers (1-13) Howatt: 1984 A History of English Language History: questions for consideration Stages or periods? Fundamental theories of each stage? Characteristics in teaching? Contribution of each to today’s profession (any reminiscence ? Objectives of language teaching of each period? History: stages by Stern 17th-19th century 1880-World War I Word War I to 194011 World War II to 1970 1970s-1980s 1990s to present day History: stages by Kelly The Classical Period The Middle Ages, Renaissance The Age of Reason The Modern Period Significance of history study Through studying the history of language teaching we can gain perspective on present-day thought and trends and find directions for future growth. Knowing the historical context is helpful to an understanding of language teaching theories. (76 Stern) Expected products from history study A descriptive record of the development of language pedagogy in the past. A store of ideas, experiences and practices would be accumulated which would otherwise be lost and would have to laboriously rediscovered in succeeding generations. (76 Stern) points to note Each stage has its goal of foreign language teaching and learning. This goal has been the decisive factor on the conceptualization and adoption of methods and techniques. History is continuous. The present has evolved from the past, which provides the reason and value for history review. Current questions in language teaching are not particular new. (a ready metaphor is “love” A metaphor to help understanding LOVE It is primitive, old, eternal, fundamental. However, each generation has unique versions of embodiment, expression, understanding, which provides a source for infinite romance films, poems and novels. Do we disca