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Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council ('Towards a History of Modern Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (MFLTL)' Research Network Grant (15 July 2012 - 14 July 2014; AH/J012475/1 / RGS105262; Dr Nicola McLelland (Nottingham) and Dr Richard Smith (Warwick))
Workshop 1:  Modern Language Education Histories in Europe: English, French, German and Spanish across Borders  (7-8 December 2012, University of Nottingham)

Invited speakers included:
  1. Henri Besse:  History of French as a foreign language in Europe 
  2. Helmut Glück (University of Bamberg): History of German as a foreign language in Europe
  3. Aquilino Sánchez Pérez (University of Murcia): History of Spanish as a foreign language in Europe
  4. A.P.R. Howatt (University of Edinburgh, emeritus): History of English as a foreign language in Europe

Workshop 2: Modern Language Education Histories in Europe: How National Traditions Differ and Correspond (28-29 June 2013, University of Warwick) 

Invited speakers:
  1. France: Christian Puren (University of Saint-Etienne, emeritus)
  2. Germany: Konrad Schröder (University of Augsburg, emeritus) 
  3. Italy: Giovanni Iamartino (University of Milan)
  4. Low Countries: Frans Wilhelm (University of Arnhem and Nijmegen)
  5. Portugal: Ana Clara Santos (University of Algarve)
  6. Spain: Javier Suso López (University of Granada) 
  7. British Isles: Nicola McLelland (University of Nottingham) & Richard Smith (University of Warwick)

Supported by University of Warwick Connecting Cultures GRP

The papers from these two workshops have been edited for publication in themed issues of Language & History and Language Learning Journal​, respectively (see front page for links).


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