From about the ninth century,the Vikings - who lived in what is now Sweden and Norway,began to arrive in the north of England, The language people spoke began to change.In the south of England,people began to translate books from Latin into English.
Middle English
In 1066.the Normans invaded England and Frensh became the official language.Most educated people had to speak three languages:French,Latin and English!At this time,English literature began to develop.One of the most famous writers was the poet Geoffrey Chaucer in the fourteenth century.His language is a little like the English of today
(1450-1750)
This period includes the time of William Shakespeare -England's greatest wrter. By the end of the sevententh century, great scientist, like Isaac Newton,wrote in English ,not in Latin. The British Empire began,and the English language travelled across the Atlantic to North America, and across Asia to India
(1750-1950)
English was now a national language.The first dictionary - Johnson's Dictionary - appeared in 1755,and the firts grammar books appeared soon after.As the British Empire grew in the nineteenth century,English bevame a more international language.People begam to learn English around the world. The first English language textbooks appeared in the 1930s
Late Modern English
(from 1950)
Now,English language teaching is an important international industry.After World War ll,the United States becae the most important economic and cuntural power in the world ,and a world market in audio-virtual communication began.CNN International began in 1989 and the Internet developed in the 1990s English
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