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German through English eyes : a history of language teaching and learning in Britain 1500-2000 (2015)
Book
MCLELLAND, N. (2015). German through English eyes : a history of language teaching and learning in Britain 1500-2000. Harrassowitz

McLelland's pioneering study charts the history of foreign language learning and teaching in the UK over five centuries (1500-2000), taking German as her case study. From the first grammar of German for English speakers, published in 1680, McLelland... Read More about German through English eyes : a history of language teaching and learning in Britain 1500-2000.

Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19) (2015)
Journal Article
Horsley, A. (2015). Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19). Modern Language Review, 110(1), https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.110.1.0085

This article uses the theoretical framework of James C. Scott's Domination and the Art of Resistance (1990) to analyse the trial and execution of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1585–1619). It argues that Vanini's final actions were subversive acts of rebellio... Read More about Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19).

On the grammaticalization of inferential evidential meaning: English "seem" and German "scheinen" (2015)
Journal Article
Whitt, R. J. (2015). On the grammaticalization of inferential evidential meaning: English "seem" and German "scheinen". Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, 20(2),

This paper provides an account of inferential evidential meaning in English and German, realized by seem and scheinen, respectively. The focus is on the grammaticalization of these verbs into semi-auxiliaries that take infinitive complements, a proce... Read More about On the grammaticalization of inferential evidential meaning: English "seem" and German "scheinen".

The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German (2015)
Book Chapter
Stollhans, S. (2015). The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German. In K. Borthwick, E. Corradini, & A. Dickens (Eds.), 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium: case studies in good practice / edited by Kate Borthwick, Erika Corradini, Alison Dickens. Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000278

This case study demonstrates how Voxopop, a voice based e-learning tool, can be used to practise oal skills in the target language by presenting activities which have been developed for students of German at the University of Nottingham. The focus li... Read More about The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German.