THE STORY OF ENGLISH - MOD 7 UNIT 1

Questions for discussion about the English Language

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That's English Videos as seen on TV

That's English - The story of English 1
That's English - The story of English 2
That's English - The story of English 3 .

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You might be interested in reading these articles about how English and Spanish are related to each other.

http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanishloanword.htm

http://www.pnte.cfnavarra.es/~cebatafa/english2.htm


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David Crystal - Should English be taught as a 'global' language?




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221rO238B8k --- part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaRSdjfC4IQ --- part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSqpkDF_eng --- part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_SyYiDzxRY --- and part 5








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_2_U3Pn-Tk --- part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpIS176QoZ0 --- part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAR8P9bp3CU --- and part 4



The origins of the English Language

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language





PRONUNCIATION



Regular past tense ending in /t/, /d/ and /id/
Click here to contrast the pronunciation
Click here to practise

Listen to how some past tense verbs are pronounced

http://evaeaston.com/pr/t-d-Id-pattern.html

and make some practice

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pastsimplepronunciation.htm
















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Do you like history? Interested in how the Romans invaded Britain? have a look at this documentary in History Channel (in Spanish)



Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4



In English: Roman conquest of Britain(Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire)

Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5