History of English

Order Description Chapter 9 of the Harley textbook talks a great deal about how English has changed across centuries. For many of us, lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at Old English was probably a real trip, because it's hard to parse in" rel="nofollow">in comparison to what we normally read. The history of English videos that you watched this week mention a lot more about the spread of English around the world, and what English looks like in" rel="nofollow">in some sense, in" rel="nofollow">in other places. These other varieties of English spoken around the world are often called World Englishes, a term coin" rel="nofollow">ined by lin" rel="nofollow">inguist Braj Kachru. One of Kachru's other major contributions to the field was hist taxonomy of the Three Circles of English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Englishes#Kachru.27s_Three_Circles_of_English I'd like you to read about the Three Circles discussed on the Wikipedia for World Englishes, and then we're goin" rel="nofollow">ing to focus on Englishes from the Expandin" rel="nofollow">ing Circle. This circle are those countries where English is widely used, even though it plays no real historical or governmental role. After you've read about the Three Circles, pick one of the countries in" rel="nofollow">in the "expandin" rel="nofollow">ing circle" of World Englishes. Use web resources to in" rel="nofollow">investigate the role of English in" rel="nofollow">in education, busin" rel="nofollow">iness, science, and other in" rel="nofollow">industries within" rel="nofollow">in that country. What did you fin" rel="nofollow">ind? In what areas is English used in" rel="nofollow">in your country of choice? Much of the research surroundin" rel="nofollow">ing this taxonomy of the Circles of English is well over 10 years old at this poin" rel="nofollow">int-- does it still make sense for that country to be classed in" rel="nofollow">in the "expandin" rel="nofollow">ing circle"? Why or why not?