English and/or French at Higher Secondary Schools for Girls (1870-1900) in Germany: Contrast or Complement?
This paper focuses on the role which English as a school subject (and its specific didactic profile) played in the process of establishing a state system of higher secondary education for girls in Germany during the last third of the 19th century. Distinct contents for female learners often went han...
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Documents pour l’histoire du français langue étrangère ou seconde
2017
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| Итог: | This paper focuses on the role which English as a school subject (and its specific didactic profile) played in the process of establishing a state system of higher secondary education for girls in Germany during the last third of the 19th century. Distinct contents for female learners often went hand in hand with a specific methodological design which partly matched and partly contrasted with the standards developed for French, the subject which had so far dominated the field. English soon took over the “pole position” in modern language teaching for girls around the end of the century during the period of the Reform Movement. The paper presents a critical analysis of the approach and design of teaching modern languages (in particular English) at higher secondary schools for girls and the motives for doing so, mainly based on articles in contemporary journals and school program papers. |
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