The History of the English Language by Lucy Rucker

How Did the English Language Begin?
The article is talking about the history of English, and how it changed through time. It is referred as the English language; it is one of the most complex in the entire world, due to its changing meaning words and pronunciation. It has three branches, the Old English, Middle English and Modern English. The Old English was a language created from the Anglo-Norman-French people; at difference as the Modern English, it was really difficult to understand and it was very different from now. The Middle English was created between the twelve and fifteen centuries, it was changed in some way of the meaning of words and new ones were created. Nowadays, we use the Modern English, which has some words that have changed the way of talking and spelling from the Old English.


It is made for people that want to learn about history, as teenagers, young adults and teachers or the native speakers of English, to know the history of their language. Its purpose is to inform people about the changes that English language have been passed through centuries and how, nowadays we can understand it and practice it in an easier way, although the writer thinks it is a very complex language and that it is always changing through time, people still would make the effort to learn the language to communicate with others. The tone in the text as it is shown, it may not be formal, because he is telling many opinions and saying things like: “the English is a beautiful language and everybody loves it” and he is explaining things, but in his own words or thoughts.

It was a great article and easy for me to understand it, I think he didn’t omit anything, because he was very clear at each think he said, as in which years the English was created, etc. Some ideas or words that helped me to understand the article may be that he was always saying that it was a really complex language, and that it is talked in many ways in all over the world. I agree that in some point the English could be very complex, but it is not the great thing, as to be saying that I love the language. I learned a lot, because now I know that English was divided in 3 stages, and that it is a language that it is always changing.