"An Independent Learning" : Lafcadio Hearn as Educator : Language education------Famous educators----Hearn

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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an author, translator, and educator whose writings helped shaped Western views of Japan from the late 19th century. Most research on Hearn's works has centered on his books that depict an exotic, romantic view of the Japanese, their customs and folklore (e.g.Kokoro, Kwaidan), While ignoring his pertinent observations about his own role in Japan as a teacher of English language and literature. Although not as influential pedagogically as later educators such as Harold E.Palmer with his work at the Japanese Ministry of Education, Hearn's descriptions and insights about taching a foreign language at the turn of the century are indeed still useful to all those involved in second-language education in preset-day Japan.The following paper will focus on two important areas: (1)Hearn's attitudes about teaching English and (2)his comments about the teaching of writing primarily found in his Diary of An English Language Teacher.
社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文
1997-09-05