Approaches to teaching the history of the English language : pedagogy in practice / edited by Mary Hayes and Allison Burkette.

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Book
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English
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  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
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xviii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    In this book, veteran instructors take the reader inside their classrooms as they explain successful practices for teaching the History of the English Language, a notoriously challenging course due to its wide chronological, geographic, and disciplinary scope. A standard university offering for over 150 years, the History of the English language originally focused on philological issues in canonical British literary works. But in the twenty-first century, instructors must account for written and spoken Englishes as well as the language's transformative relationship with the internet and new media. In each chapter, a preeminent scholar discusses a particular pedagogical issue, offering activities, assignments, and discussion questions ready for instructors' immediate use. For that, the volume will be an indispensable resource for both new and experienced History of the English Literature instructors. Moreover, the book's diverse pedagogical approaches reflect how this unique course generates multidisciplinary conversations as well as innovative scholarship. -- from back cover.
    Notes
    • "First Edition published in 1996."
    • "First Edition published in Paperback 2001."
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-449) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Mary Hayes and Allison Burkette
    • Part One: Reflections on teaching the history of the English language
    • German, handwriting, and other things I learned to keep in mind when teaching the History of English / John McWhorter
    • Restoring rhythm: An auditory imagination of the History of English / Thomas Cable
    • Teaching the History of English: A South African perspective / Rajend Mesthrie
    • How is HEL relevant to me? / Sonja L. Lanehart
    • Part Two: The value of teaching the history of English: Rethinking curricula
    • Philology, theory, and critical thinking through the history of the English language / Matthew Giancarlo
    • The history of the English language and the Medievalist / Seth Lerer
    • English and I: Finding the history of the English language in the class / Michael R. Dressman
    • Part Three: Research paradigms and pedagogical practices
    • Historical pragmatics in the teaching of the History of English / Leslie K. Arnovick
    • Using principles of construction grammar in the History of English classroom / Graeme Trousdale
    • Addressing "Emergence" in a HEL classroom / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.
    • Discovering the past for yourself: Corpora, data-driven learning, and the History of English / Jukka Tyrkkö
    • Word classes in the History of English / David Denison
    • Dictionaries and the History of English / Michael Adams
    • Part Four: Centuries in a semester: HEL's chronological conventions
    • English is an indo-European language: Linguistic prehistory in the History of English classroom / Timothy J. Pulju
    • Serving time in "Hell": Diachronic exercises for literature students / Mary Hayes
    • What has Beowulf to do with English? (Let's ask Lady Philology!) / Haruko Momma
    • Starting from now: Teaching the recent history of English / Joan Beal
    • Part Five: Including "Englishes" in the History of English
    • From Old English to World Englishes / Benjamin A. Saltzman
    • An ecological account of the emergence and evolution of English / Salikoko S. Mufwene
    • Researching world Englishes in HEL courses: Neologisms, newspapers, and novels / Carol Percy
    • Situating world Englishes into a History of English course / Rakesh M. Bhatt
    • Incorporating American English into the History of English / Allison Burkette
    • Teaching diversity and change in the History of English / Rob Penhallurick
    • Our subject is each other: Teaching HEL to ESL, EFL, and Non-standard English speakers / Matthew Sergi
    • Part Six: Using media and performance in the History of English classroom
    • Approaching the History of English through material culture / Jonathan Davis-Secord
    • Teaching original pronunciation / David Crystal
    • Engaging multimedia in the HEL classroom / Natalie Gerber
    • Teaching the History of English online: Open education and student engagement / Philip Seargeant.
    ISBN
    • 9780190611057 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190611057 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780190611040 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190611049 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016050789
    OCLC
    979993407
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