Nicola Mclelland

Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages

A History of Language Education, Assessment and Policy in Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages provides a comprehensive history of language teaching and learning in the UK from its earliest beginnings to the year 2000. McLelland offers the first history of the social context of foreign language education in Britain, as well as an overview of changing approaches, methods and techniques in language teaching and learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780367177911
• ISBN-10: 0367177919
• Artikelnr.: 55045273

Autorenporträt

Nicola McLelland is Professor in German and History of Linguistics at the University of Nottingham and Editor of the journal Language & History. Her interests span the history of linguistics, sociolinguistics (past and present), and the history of language learning and teaching.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Which languages do English-speakers want to learn?
Answers from history 3. A sociocultural history of language learning: why,
who, where? 4. How languages have been taught and learned 5. Assessment 6.
Making the case for languages: A history of advocacy and policy 7.
Conclusions - Applying lessons from the past to the present and future