History of English
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7th - 8th Grade
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History of English
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What do we know about English?
Quiz
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Multiple Choice
How many people speak English in the world (officially)?
6 billion
1.25 million
1.35 billion
4000
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Multiple Choice
The English that is spoken throughout the world, is the same everywhere.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
The word 'royal', 'beef' and 'mutton' came into English via ...
Dutch
French
German
Spanish
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Multiple Select
Which 3 peoples settled in England in 400-500 CE?
Frisians
Jutes
Angles
Franks
Saxons
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Multiple Choice
Old English is more similar to Dutch & German than it is to Modern day English.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Almost all of the languages in Europe come from 1 shared ancient language.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
The words 'cookie', 'Santa Claus', 'coleslaw' and 'spooky' came into English via ...
German
French
Spanish
Dutch
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Multiple Choice
People who cook their meat on a 'barbie' instead of a barbecue, live in ...
The USA
The United Kingdom
Australia
India
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The history of English in 10 minutes.
We are going to watch a series of 1-minute videos that explain how English evolved throughout the years.
There are 10 of them in total. That's why we only need 10 minutes to get a basic understanding of the history of English.
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Chapter 1: Anglo-Saxon
3 tribes came to England:
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
They brought lots of useful words with them like 'house', 'give', 'take' and the days of the week.
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Chapter 2: Norman Conquest
William the Conqueror invades England.
He brings French and Latin words (back) into English.
Latin: in church
French: official business, cooked meats, ...
English: common people
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Multiple Choice
Swine, cow and sheep are the original English words.
Pork, beef and mutton come from French and refer to these animals as a food.
True
False
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Chapter 3: Shakespeare
Shakespeare is the world's most popular and well-known playwright.
Under his influence and through his plays and poetry, many words entered the English language.
His influence was huge.
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Chapter 4: King James Bible
In 1611 there was a new translation of the Bible into English of that time.
Many metaphors and figures of speech were added:
to take root
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
the salt of the earth
a leopard can't change its spots
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Chapter 5: Science
Science started to be conducted in English instead of Latin, because it was easier.
They started discovering things very fast that they didn't know before.
New words were necessary:
gravity
pendulum
cardiac
tonsil
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Chapter 6: The Empire Strikes
English was now the language of the Bible, Shakespeare and science.
The British went to conquer the world and started 'stealing' words from all over the world.
India: yoga
Africa: voodoo, zombie
Australia: nugget, boomerang
Carribean: barbecue, canoe
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Chapter 7: Dictionaries
Lexicographers: wrote dictionaries
English expanded so much, people wanted to 'control' the language and more importantly, the spelling.
Standard spelling as we know it was conceived.
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Chapter 8: American English
English speakers travelled to America.
They needed a lot of new words for plants (squash) and animals (raccoon, moose) they had never seen before.
hey borrowed these words from the native Americans.
More people emigrated to America and influenced English:
Dutch: coleslaw, cookies
Germans: pretzels
Italian: pizza, pasta, ...
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Chapter 9: Internet English
Internet changed through typing.
New words were necessary:
download
toolbar
blog
Sentences were shortened
IMHO
Lol
lmao
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Chapter 10: Global English
English is everywhere now.
It absorbed words from other languages and influenced other languages with its own words.
Many people and dialects that have their 'own version' of English.
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10 minutes later!
What have you learned?
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Open Ended
What is the most interesting fact you've learned in this lesson?
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Open Ended
Was there something you already knew?
How did you already know that?
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Open Ended
What was unclear or difficult to understand?
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Open Ended
Is there anything you are more curious about, after watching the videos?
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Poll
Did you learn anything new?
Yes
No
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Poll
How would you rate the information you received?
Not interesting at all.
Slightly interesting.
Quite interesting
Very interesting.
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