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1、theRoadtoModernEnglishAttheendofthe16thcenturyaboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngl.LaterinthenextcenturypeoplefromEnglmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsofthewldbecauseofthatEnglishbegantobespo
2、keninmanyothercountries.TodaymepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstsecondafeignlanguagethaneverbefe.NativeEnglishspeakerscanundersteachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Lookatthisexample:BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketo
3、seemyflatAmericanAmy:Yes.I’dliketocomeuptoyouapartment.SowhyhasEnglishchangedovertimeActuallyalllanguageschangedevelopwhenculturesmeetcommunicatewitheachother.AtfisttheEnglishspokeninEnglbetweenaboutAD4501150wasverydiffe
4、rentfromtheEnglishspokentoday.ItwasbasemeonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.ThengraduallybetweenaboutAD8001150EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbecausethosewhoruledEnglspokefirstDanishlaterFrench.Thesenewsettlersenrichedthe
5、Englishlanguageespeciallyitsvocabulary.Sobythe1600’sShakespearewasabletomakeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefe.In1620someBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Laterinthe18thcenturysomeBritishpeopleweretakentoAustraliatoo.Englishb
6、egantobespokeninbothcountries.Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.AtthattimetwobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened:firstSamuelJohnsonwrotehisdictionarylaterNoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishlangua
7、ge.ThelattergaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglishspelling.EnglishnowisalsospokenasafeignsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.FexampleIndiahasaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakersbecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.Duringthatt
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