natural growth of the English language and literature. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon had been a purely Germanic speech‚ with a complicated grammar and a full set of inflections. For three hundred years following the battle of Hastings this native tongue was driven from the king’s court and the courts of law‚ from Parliament‚ school‚ and university. During all this time there were two languages spoken in England. Norman French was the birth-tongue of the upper classes and English of the lower. When
Premium The Canterbury Tales French language English language
English is an important language since it is the most widely spoken language in the world. A majority of the inhabitants of several nations speaks English as a first language‚ such as U.S.‚ England and Canada. It is a prevalent language all over the world. Hence‚ speaking English is a prime way to communicate with others. That is why English is important to me. Undoubtedly‚ English takes a major place in education In Hong Kong. Most of the students under the education system are taught with English
Premium Education Learning Second language
Paper Number 1 Topic: Why is it important to learn English? Almost every pupil in Germany learns English in school. Most of them start to learn this language in the 4th grade of elementary school and don’t stop to learn it until the 10th grade of secondary school or 12th grade of gymnasium. There are some reasons why pupils learn English from the beginning of their school live. It is very important to learn English. First of all English is the most used language. When people with different
Premium English language High school Language
PREVIEW To read the full article: Sign in or Register for free. HBR Subscribers activate your free archive access » http://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english/ar/1 Global Business Speaks English by Tsedal Neeley Ready or not‚ English is now the global language of business. More and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language—Airbus‚ Daimler-Chrysler‚ Fast Retailing‚ Nokia‚ Renault‚ Samsung‚ SAP‚ Technicolor‚ and Microsoft in Beijing‚ to name a few—in
Premium English language
My ideal class for Spoken English Spoken English is quite opposite to written English because when we are writing‚ we have time to think whether a word is appropriate‚ if the tenses are correct and so on. While spoken English is totally on the contrary‚ our words‚ phrases‚ and tenses should be dealt with unconsciously and immediately. There are many ways to teach spoken English‚ but in my opinion‚ attentions should be paid to the English-speaking environment. There is no way we can speak fluently
Premium English language British Empire
Franko National University of Lviv English Department Regional Variation of English Pronunciation Course paper presented by Halina Ihnatiuk a forth-year studen of the English department Supervised by S.R. Avramenko an associate professor of the English department Lviv-2011 Table of Contents Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Chapter 1. English Spelling. The Distinction between Phoneme and
Premium English language American English New York City
People speak English differently‚ some are fluent‚ while others have difficulties expressing their emotions or explaining their view on something. People communicate with each other differently depending on the situation‚ changing their register and using abbreviations to create sentences for people to understand better. In relation‚ to being unable to perform a standard form of English‚ as displayed in Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue and Robyn Kina’s case‚ both characters are not able to communicate and
Premium Communication English language Second language
THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH IN A GLOBAL WORLD English‚ as a means of communication has become the world’s "global" language. English is all over the world. Everywhere you go nowadays people seem to be speaking certain level of English. It can be seen wherever you travel - on the airports and train stations‚ on the road signs and advertisement‚ in hotels and restaurant menus‚ and even in the small shops. It comes with the British or American music and films‚ it comes with the news‚ which in many countries
Premium English language Lingua franca
to improve your spoken English Speaking the English language is easy for native people in English-speaking countries. But what about for people who come from other countries who are not well-versed in this global language? If you are such a person‚ you may be thinking that it can be quite a challenge to learn the rules to improve your spoken English. But it is always possible. With practice and a few tips‚ you can learn to improve your spoken English. Step 1 Study the English language. There
Premium English language
settled in Britain and began to call themselves English (after the principal tribe of settlers‚ called English). Although we know very little of this period from literature some poems have nevertheless reached us. In those early days songs called epics were created in many countries. The epics tell about the most remarkable events of a people’s history and the deeds of one or more heroic personages. The Song of Beowulf The first masterpiece of English literature‚ the epic poem The Song of Beowulf
Premium The Canterbury Tales William Shakespeare Charles I of England