How to Teach a Foreign Language - Jespersen, Otto; Bertelsen, Sophia Yhlen-Olsen
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Otto Jespersen's "How to Teach a Foreign Language" remains a cornerstone for educators and anyone fascinated by language acquisition. This meticulously prepared edition makes Jespersen's insightful exploration of language instruction accessible once again. Delving into teaching methods and linguistic principles, the book offers a timeless perspective on the challenges and rewards of modern language education. A valuable resource for understanding the foundations of language teaching, Jespersen's work explores practical strategies and theoretical underpinnings relevant to both educators and…mehr

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Otto Jespersen's "How to Teach a Foreign Language" remains a cornerstone for educators and anyone fascinated by language acquisition. This meticulously prepared edition makes Jespersen's insightful exploration of language instruction accessible once again. Delving into teaching methods and linguistic principles, the book offers a timeless perspective on the challenges and rewards of modern language education. A valuable resource for understanding the foundations of language teaching, Jespersen's work explores practical strategies and theoretical underpinnings relevant to both educators and students of linguistics. Discover a classic approach to language instruction and gain a deeper appreciation for the art and science of foreign language education. This book is ideal for those interested in the history of language teaching, linguistics, and effective methods for language acquisition. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, a Danish linguist, specializing in English grammar. Steven Mithen referred to him as "one of the greatest language scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Jutland. As a kid, he was attracted by the work of Danish philologist Rasmus Rask, and he taught himself Icelandic, Italian, and Spanish using Rask's grammar. He enrolled in the University of Copenhagen in 1877 at the age of 17, originally studying law but also learning languages. In 1881, he changed his entire concentration to languages, and in 1887, he received his master's degree in French, with English and Latin as secondary languages. In June 1886, Jespersen joined the International Phonetic Association, which was then known as The Phonetic Teachers' Association. In fact, in a letter to Paul Passy, Jespersen proposed the notion of constructing a phonetic alphabet that could be utilized by all languages. From 1887 to 1888, he visited England, Germany, and France, where he met linguists like as Henry Sweet and Paul Passy and attended lectures at universities such as Oxford. On the recommendation of his professor Vilhelm Thomsen, he returned to Copenhagen in August 1888 to begin work on his PhD dissertation on the English case system. He successfully defended his dissertation in 1891.