Learning Latin in Late Anglo-Saxon England: Evidence from the Colloquies
[EN] Ælfric of Eynsham was a Benedictine monk who lived and taught Latin in tenth- and eleventh-century England. He wrote his Colloquy in order for his pupils to practise their oral skills while acquiring specific vocabulary, and he is often regarded as one of the most innovative pedagogues of his t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad del País Vasco |
| Repositorio: | Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/58366 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/58366 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Aelfric of Eynsham Aelfric Bata Anglo-Saxon period multilingual education colloquy learning Latin período anglosajón educación multilingüe coloquio aprendizaje del latín |
| Sumario: | [EN] Ælfric of Eynsham was a Benedictine monk who lived and taught Latin in tenth- and eleventh-century England. He wrote his Colloquy in order for his pupils to practise their oral skills while acquiring specific vocabulary, and he is often regarded as one of the most innovative pedagogues of his time. Ælfric Bata, a pupil of his, also produced his own colloquies and enlarged much of his master’s work. This dissertation draws a comparison between the colloquies written by these two authors, especially focusing on the fact that Bata’s eccentric language radically deviates from the stylistic dogma that characterised Ælfric’s text, which goes to show that these authors had different views of how Latin had to be taught and of the knowledge that had to be transmitted in the classroom. Based on the synchronic and diachronic implications of the colloquies, this paper emphasises that they posed a novelty not only considering that they opened a window into monastic life, but also owing to their usage as context-specific language learning tools, which makes it possible to suggest analogies between these texts and contemporary methods of foreign language teaching such as English for Specific Purposes. |
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