History of Language Teaching from The Spanish-American War Until the Sputnik Moment

From Hot to Cold Wars

AvH. Jay Siskin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The book provides an overview of the historical, political, and social concerns that preoccupied the nation from 1898 and provides a context for analyzing the developments in the teaching of foreign languages over the course of the following century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-23
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:574 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:261
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031750557

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H. Jay Siskin has most recently served as a lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz, USA. His research addresses foreign language pedagogy. He is the author of textbooks in French and Spanish.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Beginnings of the American Century.- 2. Reforms and resolutions: Language teaching during the final decades of the nineteenth century.- 3. The Struggle for Standards.- 4. Trends in the Teens and Twenties: Spanish and the Call for Practical Education.- 5. Of Huns and Guns: The U.S. War against Germany and the German Language.- 6. Arming the Lost Generation: Linguistic and Cultural Preoccupations in Wartime.- 7. Of Shibboleths and Zealots: Methodological Contestationss during the Interwar Period.- 8. Americans, Awake to Language Needs! Language and Area Studies during the Second World War.- 9. Big Reds at the Big Red: Cornell and the “Communists”.