A Brief History of the English Language

I am very busy from Monday to Friday so the only time for planning the  lessons I have  at the weekends. This time (I don't know why) I had no ideas what should I teach and what students really want to learn.  I decided to  explain my students where does the English language come from:) I found this fantastic video made by The Open University and want to share it with my readers :)

I also want to give you some example of the words which are English (now) but come from other languages:

•  Native Americans

squash, pecan, chipmunk, moose, racoon, skunk, moccasin, pow-wow, wigwam, squaw,
tomahawk, to walk the Indian file, to be on the warpath, to send out smoke signals

•   Spanish

canyon, mesa, ranch, stampede, rodeo, tornado,

•  French

caribou, prairie, depot, cent, dime, bureau

• Dutch

waffle, cookie, coleslaw, boss, snoop

• German

sauerkraut, frankfurter, hamburger, kindergarten, noodle, No way!, Can be! Will do!

I have to admitt: I really  miss "A History of the English Language" lectures!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s?rel=0&w=853&h=480]