HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE ANGLOSAXONS

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Old English was the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons. It is very diffrent to today´s English (Contemporanean English). If a Spanish person reads a text in Old Spanish, he or she could understand most of it, but if an English person reads a text in Old English, very little could be understood.

Why has English changed more than Spanish throughout the centuries? Because of the many invasions England had: Vikings, Danish, Normans...

Barbarians The Saxons Video

Watch the video "BARBARIANS: SAXONS. PART 1 OF 5" and answer these

Questions:

1. Why were the Saxons recruited for the Roman army?
2. What Gods did the Saxons/Germans have?
3. Why were the Saxons forced to emigrate?
4. Why did the Romans abbandon Britain?
5. Why did the Britons call the Saxons to come to Britain?
6. What was the difference between the first and the second Saxon migrations to Britain?

Check this vocabulary before watching the video:

Raid, Raiders

mighty warriors

Merciless brutality,  (mercy)

Treachery (traitor) = betrayal (betrayer)

Conquest, conqueror

380 AD ( Anno Domini)  ; BC: Before Christ

Norse: Nordic, Scandinavian

Wotan= Odin; Thor

Villages were washed away= flooded, flood

The Romans ruled Britain with an iron fist

Ravage

Slaughtered

Famine, to starve

Tyrant= dictator, dictatorship

Lavish feast

He squealed when I sliced him open

Rewards: prize

For good

supplies    

to settle, settler, settlement 

PHONETICS: CONSONANTS

This pictures will help you to learn the phonetic symbols of the consonats.

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The English phonetic system

PHONETICS: VOWELS

This picture will help you to learn the phonetic symbols of the vowels

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The English Phonetic System

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1.  Are Great Britain and England the same?
2.  Are Great Britain and the UK the same?
3. Do the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh have the same passport?
4. Does the Republic of Ireland belong to the UK?
5.  Does the Republic of Ireland belong to the British Isles?
6. Say a goup of Islands that belong to Scotland.
7.  Who is the Head of State of Canada? And Australia?
8.  Where is physically the Crown of Great Britain?
9. Say a country of the Commonwealth in Asia. And one in Africa.
10. What islands are a cause of tension between the UK and Argentina?

History of the Union Jack

I love Australia! Australian accent

To tell you the truth, I've never been to Australia. But I'd love to! It's so far, isn't it? So lte's enjoy this video and "travel" a bit with this video to this country. Pay attention to the accent: Australian-English sounds quite similar to British-English, (compared to American-English) with one deatil: Australians tend to pronounce diphthong /eI/ as /aI/. Pay attention how they pronounce words like "day", "take".

Is London a good place to learn English??

Maybe not. If you decide to go to London, prepare to have any kind of experience, which can go from good to bad. First, you will see that it is not so easy to befriend English people, and you might end up hanging around the whole day with Spaniards, which might not be very good for improving your English. It might be a good idea to get in contact with people from other countries: Irish, Pakistanies, … anything , and you will feel not so alone and won’t have to speak Spanish with Spanish people.

Finding a job is not so difficult in London, but be ready to do any type of job. And take into account that accommodation is expensive in London, you will have probably to live in a share flat. Maybe London is nat as bad to learn English after all, and be prepared for adventure!!

Have a look at this article, it is really worth it!
http://blogs.lavozdegalicia.es/globalgalicia/2008/03/29/61/

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Visiting New York with an expert!!

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http://youtu.be/yqSiZad9D-I


We all would love to vist New York some time, who wouldn’t? So, if you don’t have the chance to do it so far, have a look at this video below and visit New York, but in a different way, not the typical “cultural” boring tour, but with a public relations of the hotel chain Intercontinental Resorts. He´ll show some interesting places that do not appear in the books or tourist brochures. Do it and make two lists of the places he shows you: “cultural- interest” places, and the non-so-cultural, let’s say, “commercial” ones, but not less interesting.
If you ever have visited NY, maybe you can give us some more tips. Is there an interesting place in NY that nobody knowns and that you could recommend here? Any suggestions welcome in “comentarios”. You can include videos and photos.