Modernitet eller åndsdannelse? (Vol. 339):Engelsk i skole og samfund 1800-1935

• Main Author: Jens Rahbek Rasmussen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Undetermined
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2006
• Series: Studier fra Sprog- og Oldtidsforskning
• Subjects: History; gymnasieskolen; 20th century; dansk; uddannelse; cultural education; primary school; 19. årh.; 20. årh.; lærdoms- og uddannelseshistorie; grammar school; history of education and history of learning; dannelse; danmark; denmark; danish; 19th century; education; folkeskolen
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Today, English is the predominant foreign language in Denmark and it is so widely spread that many people are concerned for the Danish language. But this is a recent development. As late as a hundred years ago, one could pass one's A-levels without ever having read a single word of English, and...