"'Tis not so easy a matter to read well": directions for reading aloud in eighteenth-century English grammars.

Autor/in	Rodríguez-Álvarez, Alicia
Titel	"'Tis not so easy a matter to read well": directions for reading aloud in eighteenth-century English grammars.
Quelle	In: Moderna språk, 110 (2016) 2, S. 105-132 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-3560
DOI	10.58221/mosp.v110i2.7876
Schlagwörter	Grammatik; Lesen; 18. Jahrhundert
Abstract	In the second half of the eighteenth century the number of English school grammars underwent a dramatic increase, and grammar writers used title pages, prefaces and, in general, other book components to attract potential buyers. A very common commercial strategy consisted in adding supplementary material to the grammars. Among this material, a type of supplement, commonly called "directions for reading", is often found in these grammars. This was intended to provide guidance on reading aloud to students, since a successful and effective oral delivery was considered a polite social asset and an important professional skill at the time. This article aims (i) to present a representative list of school grammars of English with "directions for reading", (ii) to compare the directions for reading contained in different works to identify those aspects considered essential for a good reading performance, and, finally, (iii) to explore the relationship between these directions for reading and some works of the eighteenth-century elocutionary movement.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2024/1