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The Gate of Tongues Unlocked
work by Comenius
Also known as: “Janua Linguarum Reserata”
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discussed in biography
- In John Amos Comenius: Educational reform
To this end he wrote Janua Linguarum Reserata, a textbook that described useful facts about the world in both Latin and Czech, side by side; thus, the pupils could compare the two languages and identify words with things. Translated into German, the Janua soon became famous throughout Europe and was…
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theory of language teaching
- In education: The pedagogy of Comenius
…employed this scheme in his Gate of Tongues Unlocked (1631), a book of Latin and sciences arranged by subjects, which revolutionized Latin teaching and was translated into 16 languages. The Visible World in Pictures (1658), which remained popular in Europe for two centuries, attempted to dramatize Latin through pictures illustrating…
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