What is the English Language?

Lesson 1
 What do you know About English?

1. Where is it from?
2. What is it’s history?
3. Was it influenced by other languages?

4. How often and where is it used around the world?

5. What are it’s grammatical features?

6. Why do you want to learn it?

7. What do you like and dislike about it?
Where is it from?
The answer is the region of the United Kingdom called
England.

In the map, the united kingdom

is close to

● France, Belgium, the

Netherlands, Germany,
Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden.
What is the history of the English Language?
● Celts
● Anglo Saxons
 Language families
English is classified as:

a Western Germanic Language

along with German, Dutch, Frisian, and

Scots,

although much of it’s vocabulary was

influenced by French and Latin which are
considered Romance Languages.

The Languages that are most similar to

English are Scots and Frisian.
How did other languages influence English?
How frequently is English used?
What are the grammatical features of English?
Where is English Spoken?
What Are Varieties of English Around the World?
● American English
● British English
● Canadian English
● Australian English
● International English
● Indian English
● Hong Kong English
● Philippine English
● Ugandan English
● Caribbean English
● Jamaican English
● Nigerian English
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