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Although multilingualism and the tendency and need to study foreign languages could seem like something very modern or typical of our globalized world, the reality is very different, since the discipline that we know today as teaching Spanish as a foreign language began at the end of the century. Its beginning is usually marked with the publication of the well-known grammar of Antonio de in , since the humanist wrote the fifth and last book of this for speakers of other languages who were interested in learning Spanish. Subsequently, many other grammars now specific for teaching.
Were published throughout the entire European territory (in the current countries of Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, England, Austria and Denmark), in addition to various materials, such as dictionaries or dialogues . Given Fax Lists these data, it is worth asking what was the cause that motivated the interest in learning Spanish. The answer to this question must be sought in the political and economic context of the moment. On the one hand, the imperialist policies of the Hispanic Monarchy caused the territory controlled by it to expand and, therefore, in these places the need arose to speak.

The language of their rulers. On the other hand, foreign and international trade grew enormously , increasing the contact of people from different backgrounds who needed to know the same language to be able to communicate and do business. From a more general point of view, we must not forget that the European nations of that time began to be aware of themselves and value their vernacular languages ; In addition, international travel became popular. As expected, the people who learned Spanish in these first centuries of ELE teaching belonged to a small social group , since they were mainly part.
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