German as a foreign language in Britain: the history of German as a 'useful' language since 1600

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German as a foreign language in Britain: the history of German as a 'useful' language since 1600

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 m...

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Main Author:	McLelland, Nicola
Format:	Article
Published:	De Gruyter 2015
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37867/

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