| Abstrakt: |
This paper presents an overview of the history of Spanish as a Foreign Language, from its beginnings in the late fifteenth century to the twentieth century. It is the first survey of its kind published in English. It shows that we are well informed about the broad lines of development, but that much remains to be done in some areas, particularly in analysing the materials used to teach Spanish and their connection to the European pedagogical tradition. Much less is known about who the learners of Spanish were throughout Europe. It seems that the students of Spanish in Northern Europe, for example, had specific learning goals which were probably not the same as the learners of Spanish in France. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
