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The first language teaching hippy?

Dr Joseph Webbe (c. 1560-1633): “no man can run speedily to the mark of language that is shackled and ingiv’d with grammar precepts” (Webbe, 1622, cited in A History of English Language Teaching by A P R Howatt and Teacher … Continue reading

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The first English teacher in Japan

… was called Ranald MacDonald (no relation to the most famous American clown in Japan*, I believe) and was also the first English teacher to discover that Japan can be both an adventure and safe and pleasant, being at least … Continue reading

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