A Late 19th-Century British Perspective on Modern Foreign Language Learning, Teaching, and Reform
The legacy of Prendergast’s “Mastery System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4986562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjorie Perlman Lorch (0000-0001-8505-8815, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 175-208 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historiographia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/hl.43.1-2.06per |
| OpenAlex | W2460145725 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The late 19th century saw a great rise in private foreign language learning and increasing provision of Modern foreign language teaching in schools. Evidence is presented to document the uptake of innovations in Thomas Prendergast's (1807-1886) "Mastery System" by both individual language learners and educationalists. Although it has previously been suggested that Prendergast's method failed to have much impact, this study clearly demonstrates the major influence he had on approaches to language learning and teaching in Britain and around the world both with his contemporaries and long after his death. This detailed case study illuminates the landscape of modern language pedagogy in Victorian Britain
Art · Foreign language · Foreign language teaching · Language education · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Visual arts · Classical Studies and Philology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |