British origin

About the origin of English, we have to start from the 5th century. At that time, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes in Europe crossed the Strait to the British Island, conquered the local tribes and became the masters of the island. They were later called Anglo-Saxons, and the ancient Germanic dialect they used became Anglo-Saxon, that is, Old English.

In the 9th-/kloc-0th century, the Nordic Germans living in Scandinavia (that is, the Normans) conquered the Gaul region in northern France today. But their language and culture were soon conquered by the local Gauls who spoke old French.

1 1 century, these French normans crossed the ocean and conquered Britain for centuries, but they were not very successful in language conquest. During this period, Old English absorbed a large number of Greek Latin words created by Old French and French, which greatly changed English vocabulary and grammatical structure.

/kloc-in the 6th century, modern English and modern English entered a period of development. English in this period is represented by the English versions of the King James Bible and Shakespeare's plays, but it is very different from modern English.

/kloc-written English after the 0/8th century is basically the same as what we see now.

Extended data:

English is the necessary language for many international organizations or conferences. One of the conditions for running for the Secretary-General of the United Nations is to master English.

As Britain and the United States, the two major English-speaking countries, have successively become world powers, and have great influence in business and academic fields, and have outstanding contributions and leading positions in the field of science and technology, many people regard English as a foreign language.

Or a second language, about 300-500 million people speak English as a foreign language. In continental Europe and Japan, English is the most commonly used language for learning as a foreign language (94%), followed by French and Spanish. In China and other countries, English is a compulsory foreign language course in schools.

The different usages of English as a second language and a foreign language show that English is increasingly regarded as a tool for international communication. It is no longer exclusive to a country or a nation, but a neutral information medium.

Basic English is simplified English for international communication. It is usually used by some aircraft manufacturers and other international enterprises to write manuals and communicate. Some schools in the Far East teach it as basic English.

From primary school to high school, especially middle school, almost all schools choose English as their main or only foreign language compulsory course. From the end of1968+0980s to the beginning of1968+0990s, China began to implement the College English Proficiency Test in full-time universities as a standard requirement for choosing English as the first foreign language compulsory course and obtaining a university diploma.

In 20001year, the English Curriculum Standard for Compulsory Education was promulgated, and the starting grade of learning English was advanced from the first grade of junior high school to the third grade of primary school, and English teaching in the basic education stage was gradually strengthened.

From 1949 to 1950, China mainly used Russian as its first foreign language because of its close relationship with the Soviet Union. 1960 began to choose English as the first foreign language, especially after 1983. In the college entrance examination, English is treated equally with Chinese, mathematics and other subjects.

Under this guidance, Chinese mainland's senior high school curriculum basically takes English as a compulsory course for foreign language teaching. Full-time ordinary universities, except for English foreign language majors, generally take English as a compulsory course and other foreign languages as elective courses; Language majors who are not English majors generally require English as a compulsory course at the same time.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-English