Literature V4 04-11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome to English Class

Today

1. What to expect in P2

2. Introduction to literature

(If there's time: take a look at the tests)

But first...

Wat zou je graag veranderen aan de lessen?

Welke regels/afspraken kunnen we maken om de les soepeler te laten verlopen?

P2

1. Credits Dossier

2. Watching/listening

3. Medieval literature!

Middle Ages

Language change

•  Historical events can have influence on language, which causes a change in a language.
  
• In English we can distinguish between Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Modern English
• Romans, Vikings and the French all influenced the English language.
  

Old English (+/- 450-1066)

•  In 43 BC the Romans arrived in England, but their armies had all left by the year AD 410 to defend their Empire in Europe.
  
• So, with England unprotected, "barbarians" from Germany and Denmark  invaded the country.
  
• They were called the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes
• Fun fact: The words English and England come from the Angles. The country was named Anglia and later Englaland (1000 BC), where they spoke "Englisc".
  

What did Old English look like?

•  The Anglo-Saxons used runes, but not many people could write at that time, so they would sing their stories.
  
• In AD 597 Roman missionaries came to England, who would write in Latin.
  
• The first Old English was written around the year 700. Glossaries of Latin words translated to Old English
• Many manuscripts were probably burned when the Vikings came to England during the 8th century.
  

What did Old English sound like?

•  We don't really know. We can't ask them, can we?
• But after a lot of research it probably sounded something like this:
  

Fun fact:

Dutch is English’s closest relative (although the Frisians would say Frisian)
Old English and Old Dutch are very similar.
Because of this, English speakers who have studied old English learn Dutch much easier.

Many things can influence language

We are going to watch a video about the history of the English language.

You will hear a lot of things that influenced the language.

You will need to remember some of them for the test. 

But we're going to do some exercises afterwards that will help you remember them.

Exercise

Do the following assignment about the video.

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5f9fce3a7a0fe040ac10850a

Write a summary

In pairs work on the summary of the given fragment in the following document:

https://stadenesch-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/jhuizing_stadenesch_nl/EVSeVTWQfelHhjHFHrV15dUBqS7Qy2btBrCZH7eFF34cwg?e=CKs2m4

Let's see what you remember from this lesson!

Which four different "versions" of English can we distinguish?

Who invaded Britain after the Romans left?

1. Angles
2. Saxons
3. Frisians
4. Jutes

Can you mention two things that influenced the develoment of the English language? (Think back to the video)

Homework for tomorrow!

Questions about listening skills.

See the homework in Magister for the questions.

See you tomorrow!