El lugar de la lingüística diacrónica en la metodología de la enseñanza del inglés

Abstract

In this article the pedagogical uses of diachronic linguistics for the teaching and learning of English are considered. It is argued that with some specific groups of learners —mainly those with a linguistic or philological back ground— certain aspects and areas studied in the History of the English Language, not only help to clarify the reasons for some decisions that both teachers and learners have to make in the first stages of the learning process, but also contribute to a proficient mastery of this language.