The Teaching of English: From the Sixteenth Century to 1870

by Ian Michael

Overview

For the first time textbooks and other educational writings published in England and America in the three centuries before the 'modern' phase of English teaching (about 1700 volumes in all) have been subject to a detailed and scholarly examination. Most of the American material will be new to readers outside the United States and much of it is little known there. The writings vividly demonstrate the development of English as a teaching subject: when its varied components were first taught, by what kinds of teachers, with what intentions and by what methods. Ian Michael has made a major contribution to the history of education and of literacy, and of English in particular. Not only academic educationalists interested in the history of the curriculum, but teachers - from primary schools to university - who want to investigate the historical background of their subject and discover how their forerunners taught - will find this book of compelling interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521023382
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/24/2005
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.34(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables; Preface; 1. The enquiry: scope, method, texts; 2. Reading, spelling, pronunciation: the elements; 3. Reading, spelling, pronunciation: the skills; 4. Interpretation: literature presented; 5. Interpretation: literature taught; 6. Expression and performance; 7. Linguistic control; 8. English: the development of a subject; Abbreviations; Bibliographies; Index.