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German as a Foreign Language in Britain

German as a Foreign Language in Britain Nicola McLelland The History of German as a `Useful' Language since 16001 1 Introduction A quarter of a century ago, two essays examined the early history of German as a Foreign Language (GFL) in Britain.2 The present paper revisits the history of GFL at a time of perceived crisis in modern language education, to provide some historical answers to the question "Why learn German?" that may offer a useful context for debates about the status of German in schools and universities and in wider society today.3 Using as primary sources the materials available to || 1 I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Research Fellowship AH/I021930/1) in making this research possible. Many thanks to Anne Simon for her sympathetic reading of an earlier draft of this article. Some highlights of the work presented here were published under the title `Why Learn German?' in Deutsch Lernen und Lehren, in the journal for language teachers published by the Association for Language Learning (Spring 2014): http://journals.all-languages.org.uk/2014/05/why-learn-german-answers-since-1600/ NicolaMcLelland. 2 David Blamires, "British Knowledge of German before the High Dutch Minerva," in German Life and Letters 43 (1990): 102­112. C. W. Proescholdt, "The Introduction of German Language Teaching http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angermion de Gruyter

German as a Foreign Language in Britain

McLelland, Nicola
Angermion , Volume 8 (1) – Dec 18, 2015
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Nicola McLelland The History of German as a `Useful' Language since 16001 1 Introduction A quarter of a century ago, two essays examined the early history of German as a Foreign Language (GFL) in Britain.2 The present paper revisits the history of GFL at a time of perceived crisis in modern language education, to provide some historical answers to the question "Why learn German?" that may offer a useful context for debates about the status of German in schools and universities and in wider society today.3 Using as primary sources the materials available to || 1 I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Research Fellowship AH/I021930/1) in making this research possible. Many thanks to Anne Simon for her sympathetic reading of an earlier draft of this article. Some highlights of the work presented here were published under the title `Why Learn German?' in Deutsch Lernen und Lehren, in the journal for language teachers published by the Association for Language Learning (Spring 2014): http://journals.all-languages.org.uk/2014/05/why-learn-german-answers-since-1600/ NicolaMcLelland. 2 David Blamires, "British Knowledge of German before the High Dutch Minerva," in German Life and Letters 43 (1990): 102­112. C. W. Proescholdt, "The Introduction of German Language Teaching

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