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The history of language learning and teaching in Britain (2018)
Journal Article
McLelland, N. (2018). The history of language learning and teaching in Britain. Language Learning Journal, 46(1), 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2017.1382052

This article provides an overview, based on the most recent research available, of the history of language learning and teaching (HoLLT) in Britain. After an overview of the state of research, we consider which languages have been learnt, why, and ho... Read More about The history of language learning and teaching in Britain.

German global soft power, 1700-1920 (2016)
Book Chapter
McLelland, N. (2016). German global soft power, 1700-1920. In K. Sanchez-Summerer, & W. Frijhoff (Eds.), Linguistic and cultural foreign policies of European states: 18th-20th centuries. Amsterdam University Press

This article provides the first overview of the reach and 'soft power' of German language and culture in Europe and beyond, from 1700 to 1920, shortly after the end of the First World War. Besides the role of the state (weak, until deliberate policie... Read More about German global soft power, 1700-1920.

Teach yourself Chinese--how? The history of Chinese self-instruction manuals for English speakers, 1900-2010 (2015)
Journal Article
McLelland, N. (2015). Teach yourself Chinese--how? The history of Chinese self-instruction manuals for English speakers, 1900-2010

This paper examines the history of self-instructional manuals of (Mandarin) Chinese published in Britain between 1900 and 2010, one of the main ways of learning Chinese for most of the 20th century in Britain, when Chinese instruction was virtually n... Read More about Teach yourself Chinese--how? The history of Chinese self-instruction manuals for English speakers, 1900-2010.