29- PT Del Carmen Teacher Training College

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Prof. Jess Centeno Camargo

ASSIGNMENT: THE MIDDLE AGES

1. After reading chapters 5 and 6 (A History of the English Language by Albert C.Baugh
and Thomas Cable), answer the following questions.
a. What happened to English during the 11th and 12th centuries?
b. What is the effect of Kings John reign on English?
c. What did ocurr with Henry IIIs reign?
d. How could you summarize the use of English during the 13 th century?
e. What could you say of English during the 14th and 15th centuries?
f. What about English as the language at school, law and literature?
2. Complete the following TIME LINE. Divide it into two. Enumerate the historical
features of the date assigned in the upper part and the consequences of those
features in the lower part.

29- PT Del Carmen Teacher Training College

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Prof. Jess Centeno Camargo

MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD

11th

12th

13th

14th

15th