Meera presented on the emergence of the English language. The presentation included innovative ideas like perceiving the class to be the 'Island of Britain" and presenting students as the Celts, the Normans, the Vikings, Alfred the Great and William Shakespeare. On the island, the first to come were the Celts. They spoke the Celtic language and were mainly farmers. Even though they were the first inhabitants, they did not contribute to the emergence of the English language. Julius Caesar conquered the Celts in 55 B.C. The Romans ruled over Britain for 500 years till the French and Germans invaded. Then came the Anglo-Saxon era. The Anglo-Saxons were agriculturalists. They provided the basic building blocks for English like 'God', 'heaven', 'hell', 'here' and 'there'. Eighty percent of the words we use in the English language today are said to have Anglo-Saxon roots. The Christian missionaries, too, made significant contributions like 'Angel' which came from the Latin word 'Angelus' which means 'messenger'.
The missionaries were followed by Vikings from Denmark and Alfred the Great. 250 years later, the Normans conquered Britain. They used to speak French.
During this period, French became the language of the rich, English, the language of the peasants and Latin, the language of the Church. (Shakespeare)
Bishal started with the history of Norman Rule and promised the presentation for the next class. Then, after thought he decided to proceed with a short presentation in the same class, setting up the laptop and projector.
Meanwhile, Smitha introduced us to the position of the English language in the medieval period, mentioning the holy Emperor Charlemagne. She went ahead to inform us about Chaucer being the father of modern literature. She had Namrata read out an excerpt from the 'Cantebury Tales' and then concluded.
With some help from Mrs. Anupama, Bishal continued his presentation giving us the Feudal Structure.
The missionaries were followed by Vikings from Denmark and Alfred the Great. 250 years later, the Normans conquered Britain. They used to speak French.
During this period, French became the language of the rich, English, the language of the peasants and Latin, the language of the Church. (Shakespeare)
Bishal started with the history of Norman Rule and promised the presentation for the next class. Then, after thought he decided to proceed with a short presentation in the same class, setting up the laptop and projector.
Meanwhile, Smitha introduced us to the position of the English language in the medieval period, mentioning the holy Emperor Charlemagne. She went ahead to inform us about Chaucer being the father of modern literature. She had Namrata read out an excerpt from the 'Cantebury Tales' and then concluded.
With some help from Mrs. Anupama, Bishal continued his presentation giving us the Feudal Structure.
-A report by Caroline and Anjana and photographs by Sajan Tom.
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