A history of the English language
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I can explain how the English language has been influenced by different historical events over time.
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The invading Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought useful language, for describing everyday things.
The English population adopted Latin words through the Church and French words through the Norman invasion.
Both Shakespeare and the King James Bible gave the English language many of the phrases that we use today.
Scientific developments led to the creation of many new words.
The expansion of the British Empire led to new words being adopted and the English language travelling globally.
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