How to Teach a Foreign Language

by Otto Jespersen

This early work Otto Jespersen was originally published in 1904 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'How to Teach a Foreign Language' is a scholarly study on the best methods and techniques for encouraging language acquisition. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor of English, a post he held from 1893 to 1925. Jespersen made a considerable contribution to the study of linguistics and some of his works are still used as the basic texts for study in the field.

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Tashateufel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good work about teaching a foreign language in a class.

[Scheherazade · Rating 3 out of 5]

After more than 120 years, it no longer seems novel.

[Linda (un)Conventional Bookworms · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am always amazed when books, especially books on didactics and pedagogy, written over a hundred years ago can still be used today. Of course, some tweaking is necessary, but I can see several things I can apply to teaching English right now.

[profprofessorson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't find anything too earth-shaking. But then again, all of my foreign language instruction post-dated this book by a significant period of time.