NAB History of the English language lesson 2 - Ath

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History of English lesson 2             

Today's goals: 

At the end of this lesson you:

- can give a short monologue about the influence of 1                          

language on English

- know more about different language influences                         

on English

- know the history of the English language             

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In expert group

Prepare 2 minute presentation on the influence                         

of the language you researched previous lesson                           

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Each expert gives their 2-minute presentation                                

 

German

French

Indian 

Latin

          Dutch           

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Influence

German: also Germanic language, so related  + wars + phsychology                      

(famous psychologist from Germany)

French: Norman conquest (Hastings 1066)

 Legal, military, technological, and political terminology + names of meats                                    

how food was prepared + words related to the nobility

Indian: British colony 

Words relating to culture, originating from the colonial era. e.g., bandana,                                       

bangles, buddy, bungalow, candy, cashmere, curry, dinghy, guru,                                   

jungle, karma, khaki, lilac, mandarin, mantra, polo, pyjamas, shampoo   , verandah.

           

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Influence

Latin: Roman invasion + famous thinkers and scientists wrote in Latin                                       

          

Dutch: same Germanic base +

There are many ways through which Dutch words have entered the English language:                            

-via trade and navigation, such as skipper (from schipper), freebooter (from vrijbuiter), keelhauling                                                     

(from kielhalen); 

-via painting, such as landscape (from landschap), still life (from stilleven); 

-warfare, such as forlorn hope (from verloren hoop), beleaguer (from beleger),  

-via civil engineering, such as dam, polder, dune (from duin); 

- via the New Netherlands settlements in North America, such as cookie (from koekie),                                  

boss from baas, Santa Claus (from Sinterklaas); 

-via Dutch/Afrikaans speakers with English speakers in South Africa, such as wildebeest,                         

apartheid, boer

  

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History of English

Take notes

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Check Qs

What have you learnt during this and the previous                              

lesson?                     

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To which language family does English belong?

To which branch of this tree does English belong?

On which language is English mostly based?

1. Norman
2. German
3. Anglo-Saxon
4. French

Old English

Middle English

Early modern English

Shakespeare

Beowolf

Canterbury Tales

Great Vowel shift

Battle of Hastings

Viking origin

Norman influence

Anglo-Saxon influence

From 8th century

1066

15th century

The British Empire and industrialisation made sure English spread around the world. What did it also do?

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