Women in the History of Language Learning and Teaching: Hidden Pioneers of Practice from Europe and Beyond (1400-2000) [Hardcover]

This volume addresses the historical neglect of womens contributions to language learning and teaching. While the historiography of language education has often focused on male-dominated frameworks, overlooking the pivotal roles women have played, the case studies in this book highlight female pioneers in language education across various cultural and linguistic traditions, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Covering a wide range of languages  including Greek, Arabic, French, and English  and exploring the gendered dimensions of language education, where social class and gender influence both the languages taught and the methods employed, the book reveals womens agency in shaping language education  and the systematic undervaluing of their contributions. In doing so, it calls for a broader, more inclusive historiography that recognises womens significant impact on the field, often in non-institutional and domestic contexts, and a reconsideration of the history of language education to acknowledge the contributions of women globally.This volume addresses the historical neglect of womens contributions to language learning and teaching. While the historiography of language education has often focused on male-dominated frameworks, the case studies in this book highlight female pioneers in language education from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century.Sabine Doff, Giovanni Iamartino and Rachel Mairs - Researching women as teachers and learners of languages. An introduction, 1 Rory G. Critten - French lessons in late-medieval England: The role of women, 2 Raf Van Rooy - Lend me your apt ears in silence: Ippolita Maria Sforza in Bonino Mombrizio's verse grammar of Greek (ca. 1465), 3 Helena Sanson - Learning languages for marriage: The linguistic experience of aristocratic women in Europe (1500-1800), 4 Ariane Ruyffelaert - The role of women in reflection on French grammar and the teaching of the French language, 5 Ulrike Krampl - Gender in language leló%