The politics of early language teaching : Hungarian in the primary schools of the late Dual Monarchy / by Ágoston Berecz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berecz, Ágoston, author.

Series:

Pasts, Inc. studies and working papers ; 1.

Pasts, Inc. Studies and working papers ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Primary)--Hungary--History.

Language and languages.

Language policy--Political aspects--History.

Language policy.

Language policy--Hungary--History.

History.

Education, Primary.

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Primary).

Hungary.

Education, Primary--Hungary--History.

Hungary--Languages--History.

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Pasts, Inc., Central European University, 2013.

Summary:

Disseminating knowledge of the state language to the non-Magyar half of the citizenry was deemed a priority within the Dualist Hungarian state's cultural policies. Drawing on a wide array of sources, this book provides an in-depth look at how Hungarian was taught to ethnic Romanian and German children in the eastern tracts of the kingdom between the 1870s and the First World War. It covers the ever-harshening legislation from the period, reconsidering the role of state supervision and exploring the contemporary methodological debates as well as taking a closer look at classroom practices. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Methodological and Theoretical Considerations 21

2 The Context 31

2.1 The Linguistic Scene 31

2.2 The Political Scene 48

3 Confessional Schools 67

3.1 Their General Features 67

3.2 Romanian Confessional Schools 71

3.3 Romanian Border Guard Schools 79

3.4 Transylvanian Saxon Schools 83

3.5 Roman Catholic Schools in Non-Magyar and Mixed Environments 90

4 The Spread of Literacy 99

5 Patterns of School Attendance 108

6 Regulations on the Teaching of Hungarian and their Enforcement 116

6.1 Teaching Teachers Hungarian 116

6.2 The State Supervision of Non-state Schools 121

6.3 The Last Pre-war Years 125

7 State Schools 133

8 Hungarian Courses for Adults 149

9 Teaching Methods 152

9.1 Background 152

9.2 Speech and Mind Exercises-Problems 157

9.3 Reading and Writing-Manuals 167

9.4 The Status of the Mother Tongue 173

10 Different Experiences 181

10.1 Reversing Language Shift 181

10.2 Szatmár Swabians and Their Schools 189

11 Conclusions 196

12 European Parallels 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789638853882

9638853883

OCLC:

861120007