This article talks about how English evolved from many years ago. The author starts with a brief description about how the English language has been changing in vocabulary overtime. This happened because England was desired by many civilizations and invaded by others. The first major change was when Vikings arrived and they brought some words from their language. After that the Romans invaded Britain and brought many Latin words. Then other rulers from Spain came to Britain and brought Spanish words to their vocabulary. The author mentions that English Language is unique because of the several changes in their vocabulary. She also says that English is the second most common language in the world, but even though it is the second, there are many other countries in which they communicate in English. She believes that language will still evolve in the next centuries.
The audiences of this article are the English students because they want to have a wider idea about the origin of the language they’re studying. Teachers are another audience because they try to understand better this language so they can have a better idea of what they’re teaching. Native speakers of English would be another type of audience because they would be interested in the history of their own speaking language.
The purpose of this article is to inform about the history of English, how the words were added or changed in English vocabulary. The author also expresses different opinions about this language.
It is written in an informal tone because she gives opinions and not just facts about English language. She caught my attention with her first question “Do you speak English?” because she starts telling interesting information that makes you want to read the rest of the article.
I really liked the way she wrote this article, like if she was talking to a friend. I understood all the text without any complication because she included many examples to make it clear.
She shows an organized list of events that gives us a better understanding in how English language was evolving and changing throughout centuries. Even though she didn’t include too many details, it was a good article because she explained all with examples to make it easier to understand.
I agree that English is the second most common language in the world, because I did some research and found out that Chinese was the first common language.
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