Interest in Modern Languages

Initially, the practice of teaching languages with the standard grammar method grammar method was considered the most suitable and the most appropriate for the teaching of vernacular languages, the language spoken by the vulgus, the common people. In fact, in the Middle Ages and in the early Renaissance, Latin was considered essential to acquire and teach every branch of knowledge, even if it was not used for daily communication.

Slowly the vernacular languages were considered national languages and national literature, especially during the Renaissance, but later on they were replaced with Latin. At the end of the 18th century, there was the need to know how to read and write in other languages, so the need to learn languages was essential.

The study of foreign languages originated at a time when there was the need to interact economically and commercially with other companies in the second half of the eighteenth century following the French Revolution, which was followed by an increase in international trade relations. Therefore, the study of modern languages became part of the curriculum throughout Europe.