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Graca Martins

History of English - 0 views

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    History of English (Source: A History of English by Barbara A. Fennell) The English language is spoken by 750 million people in the world as either the official language of a nation, a second language, or in a mixture with other languages (such as pidgins and creoles.) English is the (or an) official language in England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; however, the United States has no official language. Indo-European language and people English is classified genetically as a Low West Germanic language of the Indo-European family of languages. The early history of the Germanic languages is based on reconstruction of a Proto-Germanic language that evolved into German, English, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, and the Scandinavian languages. In 1786, Sir William Jones discovered that Sanskrit contained many cognates to Greek and Latin. He conjectured a Proto-Indo-European language had existed many years before. Although there is no concrete proof to support this one language had existed, it is believed that many languages spoken in Europe and Western Asia are all derived from a common language. A few languages that are not included in the Indo-European branch of languages include Basque, Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian; of which the last three belong to the Finno-Ugric language family. Speakers of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) lived in Southwest Russia around 4,000 to 5,000 BCE. They had words for animals such as bear or wolf (as evidenced in the similarity of the words for these animals in the modern I-E languages.) They also had domesticated animals, and used horse-drawn wheeled carts. They drank alcohol made from grain, and not wine, indicating they did not live in a warm climate. They belonged to a patriarchal society where the lineage was determined through males only (because of a lack of words referring to the female's side of the family.) They also made use of a decimal counting system by 10's, and formed words by compounding. This PIE language was also highly infl
Graca Martins

Chronology: History of English - 0 views

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    Chronology of Events in the History of English pre-600 A.D. THE PRE-ENGLISH PERIOD ca. 3000 B.C. (or 6000 B.C?) Proto-Indo-European spoken in Baltic area. (or Anatolia?) ca. 1000 B.C. After many migrations, the various branches of Indo-European have become distinct. Celtic becomes most widespread branch of I.E. in Europe; Celtic peoples inhabit what is now Spain, France, Germany, Austria, eastern Europe, and the British Isles. 55 B.C. Beginning of Roman raids on British Isles. 43 A.D. Roman occupation of Britain. Roman colony of "Britannia" established. Eventually, many Celtic Britons become Romanized. (Others continually rebel). 200 B.C.-200 A.D. Germanic peoples move down from Scandinavia and spread over Central Europe in successive waves. Supplant Celts. Come into contact (at times antagonistic, at times commercial) with northward-expanding empire of Romans. Early 5th century. Roman Empire collapses. Romans pull out of Britain and other colonies, attempting to shore up defense on the home front; but it's useless. Rome sacked by Goths. Germanic tribes on the continent continue migrations west and south; consolidate into ever larger units. Those taking over in Rome call themselves "Roman emperors" even though the imperial administration had relocated to Byzantium in the 300s. The new Germanic rulers adopted the Christianity of the late Roman state, and began what later evolved into the not-very-Roman "Holy Roman Empire". ca. 410 A.D. First Germanic tribes arrive in England. 410-600 Settlement of most of Britain by Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, some Frisians) speaking West Germanic dialects descended from Proto-Germanic. These dialects are distantly related to Latin, but also have a sprinkling of Latin borrowings due to earlier cultural contact with the Romans on the continent. Celtic peoples, most of whom are Christianized, are pushed increasingly (despite occasional violent uprisings) into the marginal areas of Britain: Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Graca Martins

Merriam-Webster Online - 0 views

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    What are the origins of the English Language? The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, and Modern English. The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D., though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the eleventh century or a bit later. By that time Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the lexicon, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down. The following brief sample of Old English prose illustrates several of the significant ways in which change has so transformed English that we must look carefully to find points of resemblance between the language of the tenth century and our own. It is taken from Aelfric's "Homily on St. Gregory the Great" and concerns the famous story of how that pope came to send missionaries to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity after seeing Anglo-Saxon boys for sale as slaves in Rome: Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon." A few of these words will be recognized as identical in spelling with their modern equivalents-he, of, him, for, and, on-and the resemblance of a few others to familiar words may be guessed-nama to name, comon to come, wære to were, wæs to was-but only those who have made a special study of Old English will be able to read the passage with understanding. The sense of it is as follows: Again he [St. Gregory] asked w
Todd Finley

College Composition and Communication - 2 views

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    "Journal Submission Guidelines NCTE publishes twelve professional journals, including at least one for each membership section. Volunteer editors ensure that the peer-reviewed content is of the highest quality and is relevant to the lives of NCTE members and subscribers. Because these journals are all published through different volunteer editors, the submission guidelines vary for each: * Classroom Notes Plus * College Composition and Communication * English Education * College English * English Journal * English Leadership Quarterly * Language Arts * Research in the Teaching of English * School Talk * Talking Points * Teaching English in the Two-Year College * Voices from the Middle"
Calvin Nicholas

English Communication - Effective Workshop on Communication Part 2 - 1 views

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    English Communication - Effective Workshop on Communication at BM English Speaking Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. BM English Speaking Institute in Mumbai conducts English Communication Skill Trainings with Grammar, Fluency, Confidence, Public Speaking, Body Language, Personality Development, Group Discussion, Presentation Skill, Business English, and Email Drafting.
Gloria Custodio

AP Central - The AP English Literature and Composition Exam - 1 views

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    Exam Content An English exam that included literature and composition was among the first AP offerings in 1956. In 1980, separate exams in AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition were offered for the first time.
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    Exam Content An English exam that included literature and composition was among the first AP offerings in 1956. In 1980, separate exams in AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition were offered for the first time.
Calvin Nicholas

English Fluency Training Video - Meditation on Thinking in English - 6 views

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    English Fluency Training Video - Meditation on How to think in English at BM English Speaking Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Jenny Gilbert

BBC - GCSE Bitesize - English Literature - 8 views

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    Revise GCSE English Literature topics including poetry, drama, shakespeare and short stories, using videos, games, poetry slideshows and more.">2006-09-15T12:35:00Z
Dana Huff

Old English Translator - 3 views

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    Fun for students learning about Anglo-Saxons, Old English, or the history of English.
Asha Infoetch

Tips for Teaching Business English - 0 views

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    Teaching Business English has become a very popular career option in recent times. Most industries like the IT and BPOs operating on an international level, require its' employees to communicate with co-workers and clients all over the world. Hence, they regularly recruit Business English teachers to train the employees.
lysuhoai

Share English Quiz Online: Lesson 01 - TOEFL - English Quiz Online - 0 views

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    This test belongs to the English test TOEFL - Test number 01 , which consists of 20 multiple - choice questions in 25 minutes. Each question has 4 suggesting answers, you need to choose the most correct one. (Bài thi này thuộc đề thi tiếng Anh TOEFL - Đề số 01, gồm 20 câu hỏi trắc nghiệm, thi trong vòng 25 phút.
anonymous

Watch help: The Absurd English Language - Help.com - 0 views

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    The Absurd English Language: I take it you already know\nOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Dana Huff

English Teachers Find an Online Friend: the English Companion Ning - National Writing P... - 0 views

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    National Writing Project article about the English Companion Ning.
Dana Huff

YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Shakespeare, Macbeth, and "The Story ... - 5 views

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    "A Muse of Fire" from the BBC/PBS documentary The Story of English examines the number of words coined by Shakespeare.
Dana Huff

High School English - 14 views

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    English links and tools.
anonymous

English Companion - Where English teachers meet to help each other - 1 views

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    Where English teachers meet to help each other
Dana Huff

Great TED Talks for English Teachers « In For Good - 13 views

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    Meredith Stewart pulls together some TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference) that might provoke good discussion in the English classroom.
Asha Infoetch

Where Can I Do My TEFL Training? - 0 views

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    Teaching English is a very popular career option in today's globalized world. Those aspiring to take up a career teaching ESL (English as Second Language) must be fluent in English, with a sound educational background and must have completed a certified English teacher training course. There are plenty of online teacher training courses for those...
Patricia Cone

ICTmagic - English - 0 views

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    A wiki of English language arts resources.
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