Teaching and learning foreign languages: a history of language education, assessment and policy in Britain

Provides a comprehensive history of language teaching and learning in the UK from its earliest beginnings to the year 2000.

McLelland offers the first history of the social context of foreign language education in Britain, as well as an overview of changing approaches, methods and techniques in language teaching and learning.

The important impact of classroom-external factors on developments in language teaching and learning is also taken into account, particularly regarding the policies and public examination requirements of the 20th century.