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Evans, Stephen – History of Education, 2008
This article examines the attitudes of the colonial and metropolitan governments towards the promotion of English-language education on Hong Kong Island between 1842 and 1860. The study, which draws on a range of unpublished primary sources, was conducted in response to Whitehead's recent call for detailed case studies of colonial education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Policy
Peet, Isaac Lewis – Baker, Pratt & Co., 1875
The book opens with the names of twelve objects, which the teacher must have before him. These names have been selected with a view to embracing the whole alphabet, so that when the pupil has learned to write them, he has also learned to form all the letters in use. The teacher then directs the pupil, in writing, to touch one of these objects,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Deafness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lyman, Rollo LaVerne – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
English grammar, as a formal subject, distinct from other branches of instruction in the vernacular, made but sporadic appearances in the American schools before 1775. After the Revolution its rise was extremely rapid. English grammar gained momentum as the hold of Latin grammar weakened, and by the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Conflict, Writing (Composition), Language of Instruction
Meriam, J. L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The educational welfare of children of native and minority groups in continental United States and its outlying parts involves instructional procedures which in recent years are becoming more and more recognized as constituting specialized problems in education. Bilingualism is generally recognized as offering serious instructional difficulties…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bilingualism, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language)
Johnston, Marjorie C.; Seerley, Catharine C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
The Office of Education, in cooperation with the Modern Language Association of America, conducted a survey of language laboratories in secondary schools and institutions of higher education during the school year 1957-58. The procedure was to send a short questionnaire to all the schools and colleges known to have a language laboratory and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Secondary Schools, Colleges, Questionnaires
Johnston, Marjorie C.; Remer, Ilo – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
Counseling pupils of high school age about foreign language programs fitted to their needs and abilities is somewhat more difficult than in the past, both because the objectives are different and because a thoroughgoing revision of language instruction is taking place at all levels of the school system. Guidance workers, teachers, principals, and…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Modern Languages, Cooperation, Second Language Learning
Hutchinson, Joseph C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 authorized a program of financial assistance of State educational agencies for projects of local educational agencies for the acquisition of laboratory or other special equipment needed in the teaching of modern foreign languages and for minor remodeling of laboratory or other space to be…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Kitao, Kenji – 1995
This paper discusses the history of language laboratories. It was Edison's invention of the tin foil phonograph in 1877 that made the first language laboratories possible. It was used for a foreign language class for the first time in 1891. At first, records were mainly used to preserve rare languages, but in the late 1800s and early 1900s,…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Language Laboratories

Knight, Denise Bourassa – ADFL Bulletin, 1988
A historical review of the establishment of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages and its bulletin highlights both the changes that have occurred and are continuing to occur in the foreign language profession and the association's focus on covering the multifaceted perspectives and needs of the profession. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Change, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education

Allwright, Dick – TESOL Quarterly, 1983
Origins and problems of classroom-centered research on language learning and teaching are surveyed, tracing the development of both the concerns and the research tools used. The development of a productive controversy over objective versus subjective methods is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational History, Language Research, Research Methodology
Besse, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Traces the history of the "francais fondamental," concentrating on the period following its launching in 1951. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, French, Historical Reviews, History
Tezozomoc – 1997
Traditional Danza Azteca-Chichimeca (an indigenous dance society) contains the elements required for the intergenerational revernacularization of an indigenous language, in this case classical Nahuatl. These requirements entail creating an intergenerational environment in which participants can gain prestige, friendship, and affection and can…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Cultural Maintenance, Dance
Order, Chaos and Gentle Revolutions: A Brief and Personal History of ESL Instruction for Immigrants.
La Perla, Joann – 1986
An overview is provided of the history of English as a second language (ESL) instruction, including a discussion of second language acquisition and the characteristics of ESL instructors and students. The first sections provide an overview of the major language learning methodologies that have been most often associated with the adult as a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educational Change
O'Shea, M.V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This monograph presents data and conclusions derived from one phase of an investigation of objectives and methods in the teaching of modern foreign languages in high schools and colleges. A committee of specialists operating under the auspices of the American Council of Education and with financial assistance received from the Carnegie Corporation…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Graduation, High Schools
Rosen, Seymour M. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin examines the current status of Soviet training programs for Africa: the training of personnel from Africa in the U.S.S.R; Soviet study and research in the U.S.S.R. on Africa; and training programs in Africa connected with Soviet developmental projects. The increasing Soviet penetration of Africa has considerable import for the free…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Tables (Data)