from II - The Transmission of English
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2019
Today English is the most important international language, widely used and learnt. And yet, the history of English being taught in German-speaking regions does not reach back as far as one might assume, given its importance now. It comprises about 400 years, of which less than half have seen English as a compulsory school subject. This seems merely a short phase in the history of language teaching in general, which Kelly (1969) reckons to have begun 2,500 years ago.
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