Olly Richards | The English Language: Where Did It Come From? @storylearning | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
bit.ly/freeslkit_englishorigins 🇬🇧Fiery dragons, unruly spelling, and fierce invaders? Grab a paper and get ready to take notes. This is the story of English you were never told in school!
📺 WATCH NEXT:
7 Difficult English Accents You’ll NEVER Guess 👉🏼youtu.be/AR8a-SG6l0k?si=tBfNTlOS4Hj8jGP8
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50 Essential English Proverbs 👉🏼bit.ly/50englishproverbs
💻 CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CEOLT)
Interested in teaching English or another language online? Check out my premier language-teaching course 👉🏼 bit.ly/teachlanguagesonline
📖 LEARN A LANGUAGE THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY:
Stories are the best way I have found to learn ANY language. Forget the boring textbooks and time-wasting apps and learn a language the natural, effective way with one of my story-based courses. 👉🏼 bit.ly/StoryLearning-Courses
🗣 SUPERCHARGE STORIES WITH SPEAKING PRACTICE
Many StoryLearning students have found great success combining story-based learning with 1-on-1 speaking practice. We recommend LanguaTalk for finding talented tutors who can help you become more confident.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - What is English?
0:51 - Celts and Romans
1:50 - Germanic Tribes
2:36 - Old English
4:25 - Vikings
6:09 - Writing
7:16 - Middle English
9:20 - Late Middle English
12:03 - Sword and Sorcery Tales
12:36 - Early Modern English
13:44 - Enter William Shakespeare
15:11 - The Academy Attempt
16:23 - Late Modern English
17:06 - Alphabet and Pronunciation
17:52 - Astonishing Things
📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS:
🎬 Video Clips:
Do You Understand the Words That Are Coming Out of My Mouth? - Rush Hour (1/5) Movie CLIP (1998) HD
youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?si=xeBpG8ZAutQwBJ6t
The Ancient Celtic Languages
youtu.be/_O-OMKD-Wbc?t=50
What Was Life like in Medieval England?
youtu.be/rV82amRwXEA?t=35
Cædmon's Hymn 🎵 (Sung in Old English)
youtu.be/Lg4mg7q4bSQ
Beowulf (Old English)
youtu.be/bLKDasq65q0?t=74
How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson
youtu.be/Owf5Uq4oFps?t=5
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
youtu.be/YEaSxhcns7Y?t=123
General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales (Premiere)
youtu.be/nMsp8xHkRnA?t=338
youtu.be/5NB2Z6pZBNA?t=71
What Shakespeare's English Sounded Like - and how we know
youtu.be/WeW1eV7Oc5A?t=183
Original Pronunciation - Hamlet | To Be, or not to be... | Ben Crystal
youtu.be/qYiYd9RcK5M?t=15
The Queens English
youtu.be/3fvmcnRhTP8?t=36
🖼 Images:
“Claudius crop” by Marie-Lan Nguyen is licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius#/media/File:Claudius_crop.jpg
“RP English Monophthongs Chart” by RP_vowel_chart is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RP_English_monophthongs_chart.svg#/media/File:RP_English_monophthongs_chart.svg
bit.ly/freeslkit_englishorigins 🇬🇧Fiery dragons, unruly spelling, and fierce invaders? Grab a paper and get ready to take notes. This is the story of English you were never told in school!
📺 WATCH NEXT:
7 Difficult English Accents You’ll NEVER Guess 👉🏼youtu.be/AR8a-SG6l0k?si=tBfNTlOS4Hj8jGP8
⬇️ GET MY FREE STORYLEARNING® KIT:
Discover how to learn any foreign language faster through the power of story with my free StoryLearning® Kit 👉🏼 bit.ly/freeslkit_englishorigins
✍🏼 ON THE BLOG:
Prefer reading to watching? We’ve got you covered!
50 Essential English Proverbs 👉🏼bit.ly/50englishproverbs
💻 CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CEOLT)
Interested in teaching English or another language online? Check out my premier language-teaching course 👉🏼 bit.ly/teachlanguagesonline
📖 LEARN A LANGUAGE THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY:
Stories are the best way I have found to learn ANY language. Forget the boring textbooks and time-wasting apps and learn a language the natural, effective way with one of my story-based courses. 👉🏼 bit.ly/StoryLearning-Courses
🗣 SUPERCHARGE STORIES WITH SPEAKING PRACTICE
Many StoryLearning students have found great success combining story-based learning with 1-on-1 speaking practice. We recommend LanguaTalk for finding talented tutors who can help you become more confident.
Book a free trial with a 5-star tutor here 👉🏼 bit.ly/languatalkyt
📸 FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM:
Get daily language tips, comics, reels, and more on Instagram (@iwillteachyoualanguage) 👉🏼 instagram.com/iwillteachyoualanguage
⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - What is English?
0:51 - Celts and Romans
1:50 - Germanic Tribes
2:36 - Old English
4:25 - Vikings
6:09 - Writing
7:16 - Middle English
9:20 - Late Middle English
12:03 - Sword and Sorcery Tales
12:36 - Early Modern English
13:44 - Enter William Shakespeare
15:11 - The Academy Attempt
16:23 - Late Modern English
17:06 - Alphabet and Pronunciation
17:52 - Astonishing Things
📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS:
🎬 Video Clips:
Do You Understand the Words That Are Coming Out of My Mouth? - Rush Hour (1/5) Movie CLIP (1998) HD
youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?si=xeBpG8ZAutQwBJ6t
The Ancient Celtic Languages
youtu.be/_O-OMKD-Wbc?t=50
What Was Life like in Medieval England?
youtu.be/rV82amRwXEA?t=35
Cædmon's Hymn 🎵 (Sung in Old English)
youtu.be/Lg4mg7q4bSQ
Beowulf (Old English)
youtu.be/bLKDasq65q0?t=74
How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson
youtu.be/Owf5Uq4oFps?t=5
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
youtu.be/YEaSxhcns7Y?t=123
General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales (Premiere)
youtu.be/nMsp8xHkRnA?t=338
youtu.be/5NB2Z6pZBNA?t=71
What Shakespeare's English Sounded Like - and how we know
youtu.be/WeW1eV7Oc5A?t=183
Original Pronunciation - Hamlet | To Be, or not to be... | Ben Crystal
youtu.be/qYiYd9RcK5M?t=15
The Queens English
youtu.be/3fvmcnRhTP8?t=36
🖼 Images:
“Claudius crop” by Marie-Lan Nguyen is licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius#/media/File:Claudius_crop.jpg
“RP English Monophthongs Chart” by RP_vowel_chart is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RP_English_monophthongs_chart.svg#/media/File:RP_English_monophthongs_chart.svg
