A fascinating and entertaining book with lots of inspiration for the teacher about the interaction of English with other languages. Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language: from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly global language — embracing elements of Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi and Gullah. English is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet. English is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. This is a story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped an extraordinary language. (354 pages)
Level: A/B/Linjefag/Inspiration til Almen Sprogforståelse