"Everybody Is Given a Chance, My Boy... Everybody Who Is Willing to Work for Socialism": An Overview of English Textbooks in the Postwar Period in Hungary [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (10th, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Jun 12-15, 2012).

Autor/in	Dózsa, Zsolt
Titel	"Everybody Is Given a Chance, My Boy... Everybody Who Is Willing to Work for Socialism": An Overview of English Textbooks in the Postwar Period in Hungary [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (10th, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Jun 12-15, 2012).
Quelle	(2012), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Textbooks; English (Second Language); Politics of Education; Ideology; Textbook Content; Political Issues; Secondary Education; Second Language Instruction; Social Systems; Educational History; Social History; Hungary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ideologie; Lehrbuchtext; Politischer Faktor; Sekundarbereich; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Social system; Soziales System; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Sozialgeschichte; Ungarn
Abstract	The main aim of this paper is to provide an insight into English textbooks published in Hungary after 1945, when the newly formed political commission (Communists) took control over education. The intention is to show how the ideology and political climate of the age was reflected on their pages, i. e. how English textbooks were used for the purpose of the Communists' objectives and interests. For the purpose of this paper, there have been selected three textbooks, considered as the most representative. The first textbook is dated from 1953. This is the period of the greatest dictatorship under the regime of Rákosi, the period well-known as the period of the "Red Terror." The second and the third textbook represent the period after the Hungarian revolution in 1956. The former one was published in 1957 and the latter one in 1961. All three textbooks were intended primarily for the secondary school children (gymnasium) but were not used only to teach English language. The research has shown that all textbooks were imbued with the ideological ideas, strongly promoting the Soviet Union, socialism, community work and perfect Communist society. The author concludes that these kinds of sources can be very useful in recovering this turbulent period of Hungarian history. [For complete volume, see ED567040.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Blvd Shipchenski prohod 69 A, 1574 Sofia, Bulgaria. e-mail: info@bces-conference.org; Web site: http://www.bces-conference.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01