修猷館の英語教育 : 大正時代を中心に

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In this paper, the English language education in Taisho Era (1912 to 1926) at Shuyukan, a middle school in Fukuoka, was investigated and compared with that in the previous period, focusing on its curriculum, textbooks, teaching methodology, students' and teachers' attitudes toward foreign cultures. In this period, 30 years after its foundation as a language school, the school came to occupy a status as a middle school with well-established systems. Native English speakers were employed on a part-time basis, and Japanese teachers too made effort to learn the latest teaching methodology. No record of the curriculum or textbooks was discovered, even though several English books, grammar books, and dictionaries published in this period are kept in the library. In the beginning of the 20th century, the graduates and teachers of Shuyukan traveled abroad and their resulting understanding of foreign cultures affected their world view.