| the English language started during the 5Th century AD. with the arrival of three
Germanic tribes who invaded Britain,
These tribes,the Saxons the Jutes,and the Angles,
They crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany.
At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers
were pushed north and west by the invaders
mainly into what is now Scotland,Ireland and Wales.
The Angles came from England and their language was called Englisc
from which the words England and English are derived.
In the 11Th century The Norman conquest of England
gave rise to heavy borrowings from the Normans and French,
and vocabulary and spelling conventions began to give the
superficial appearance of a close relationship
with Romance languages
to what had now become Middle English. The Great Vowel Shift had began in
and in the 15Th century, the south of England
is one of the historical events marking the separation of Middle and Modern English.
Nowadays, endless options are available to take courses on English as a second language,
with a large number of reputable teaching centers and programs to choose
from. With the introduction of the Internet, |
