Un notable antecedente del enfoque comunicativo en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras y de la apertura europeísta en la España de principios del siglo XX: memoria histórica de la enseñanza de idiomas

Abstract

In this paper we refer to an innovative pedagogic movement in the teaching and learning of foreign languages in Spain at the beginning of the 20 th century. It might be considered as a clear precedent of the communicative approach. Within the Institucion Libre de Ensenanza, Jose Castillejo y Duarte proclaimed the need to learn several foreign languages within an international educational context. He was the founder of the Spanish International School, in which these innovative ideas were put into practice. It is wondered what would have happened if this interesting experiment hadn't been abruptly finished with the onset of the Spanish Civil War.