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Understanding the origin and evolution of English is crucial for gaining insights into its cultural contexts, influences, and changes over time. English’s global significance and spread to countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia can be comprehended through its historical development. The influence of other languages, such as Spanish, French, and Arabic, on English highlights the interconnectedness of languages and cultures. By the end of the course, students will recognize the significant historical elements that have shaped the English language today.
Origen y evolución del idioma inglés
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Origen del inglés
El inglés antiguo
Evolución del idioma
El inglés de hoy
Quiz: Origen y evolución del idioma inglés
Migración del inglés a otras regiones
Llegada del Inglés a Estados Unidos
Llegada del Inglés a Canadá
Llegada del inglés a Australia
Inglés como lengua oficial en otros países
Quiz: Migración del inglés a otras regiones
Influencia de otros idiomas en el inglés
Influencia del español en el inglés
Influencia del francés en el inglés
Influencia del árabe en el inglés
Quiz: Influencia de otros idiomas en el inglés
Haz que el inglés siga evolucionando
Consolida la historia del inglés
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Welcome to this Audio Story on the Origins of English. Make sure you take notes of new vocabulary and prepare to embark on a historical trip that will allow you to know the origins and evolution of English as a language, and develop your listening skills while acquiring new vocabulary.
At the end of the course, you will be able to recognize the most significant historical elements that have shaped the English Language we know today. Your final project is to create a timeline that consolidates all these important events and facts. Take notes as you listen and don't forget to complement your learning with each of the activities proposed in each class.
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Chapter 1: The origin of English as a language
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Understanding the origin and evolution of English is important because:
• It provides insights into the cultural contexts in which the language developed.
• It helps to understand the influences, events, and migrations that shaped the language and its usage. -
Studying the evolution of English is important because:
• Allows to observe how a language can change over time.
• It provides a deeper understanding of linguistic structures and vocabulary development.
• Understanding its historical development and spread to other countries helps to comprehend its global significance and the reasons behind its current prevalence. -
Exploring the influence of Spanish, French, Arabic, and other languages on English:
• Highlights the strong connection that exists between languages and cultures.
• It demonstrates how a language can borrow vocabulary, idioms, and cultural concepts from one another, enriching the linguistic landscape and facilitating intercultural communication.
Put the subtitles in English, so can better understand the audiocourse! :]:]:]
Is the voice an artificial voice?
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Could be this course a testing course made with IA and artificial voice?
seems like a nice information! let´s improve listening
Why is important know the origin of English as a Language?.
- First of all, is important for acquire context while your learn a new language so it will help you to develop native phrases quickly.
- On the other hand, know the history of English it allows understand the evolution and culture of american person.
- Finally, you could make strong connection with differents languages.
- Insight: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.
“this paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare” - widespread: found or distributed over a large area or number of people.
“there was widespread support for the war” - landscape: paisaje
- Enrichment: enriquecimiento
- Consolidate: combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole.
“all manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises”
* the english language turn more sophisticated through the inclusion of concepts words like “liberty” and “justice”
* The science development make more words like “acid”, “gravity” and “electricity”
* The globalization of the england empire, resulting in the development of local version and dialect of the english language
good lecture
William Caxton brought the printing press to England in 1476. Books became cheaper and as a result, literacy became more common.
Spelling and grammar became fixed, and the first English dictionary was published in 1604.
Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA’s dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet). But there are many other varieties of English around the world, including for example Australian English, New Zealand English, Canadian English, South African English, Indian English and Caribbean English.
3.- Exploring the influences of Spanihs , French Arabic and the other languages on English: - Highlights the srtong connection that exists between languages and cultures. - It demonstrates how language can borrow the vocabulary, idioms and cultural concepts form one another. Enriching the linguistic landscape and faciliating Intercultural communication.
1.- Understanding the origin and evolution of English is crucial because: - It provides insghts into cultural contexts which the languague developed. - It also helps us undertsandig influences, events and migrations theta shaped the language and its usage. 2.- And the other hand : - Allows to observe how language change over time. -Understanding its historical development and spread to countries like United States , Canada and Australia helps to comprehend its global significance and the reasons behindits
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Understanding the origin and evolution of English is crucial for gaining insights into its cultural contexts, influences, and changes over time. English’s global significance and spread to countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia can be comprehended through its historical development. The influence of other languages, such as Spanish, French, and Arabic, on English highlights the interconnectedness of languages and cultures. By the end of the course, students will recognize the significant historical elements that have shaped the English language today.
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