“the worst part of the dead past”: Language attitudes, policies, and pedagogies at syrian protestant college, 1866–1902

Abstract

To underline the value of composition’s international and multilingual history, this article presents an account of language attitudes, policies, and pedagogies at Syrian Protestant College (Beirut) between 1866 and 1902, which also provides a historical dimension to contemporary conversations about international and translingual approaches to writing research and pedagogy. © 2014 by the National Council of Teathers of English. All right reserved.