This article discusses the origins of humanistic education beginning in the 1960s. The philosophy gained popularity among educators in a variety of disciplines and was adopted by teachers of foreign languages. That method was based on the premise that if students feel better about themselves, they will achieve greater results as learners.…

The paper presents a brief overview of the inservice training of European Community foreign language teachers in their own member state and in other member states. The information describing such training was collected as preparation for the LINGUA program (which promotes improvement in foreign language competence and includes measures to promote…