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English Language Teaching and English Language Education—History and Methods

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Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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This chapter deals with the history of English language learning and teaching (ELT) and English language education (ELE) as an academic discipline. In the first part of this chapter, some background information will be provided with regard to the patterns that have been discovered when looking at the past centuries of language learning and teaching in Europe (and beyond).

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Further reading

  • Howatt, Antony P. R./Smith, Richard (2014): »The History of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, from a British and European Perspective«. In: Language and History 57/1, 75–95.

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  1. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Sabine Doff

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  1. Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland

    Carola Surkamp

  2. Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Deutschland

    Britta Viebrock

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Doff, S. (2018). English Language Teaching and English Language Education—History and Methods. In: Surkamp, C., Viebrock, B. (eds) Teaching English as a Foreign Language. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04480-8_1

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