Rogues, knights and fops chart the history of the language. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Accessibility links. ... Ages of English Timeline. From a West Saxon dialect to a global ...

In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court offered up a landmark decision for federal English-learner policy in the Lau v.Nichols case, in which Chinese American families argued that the San Francisco ...

English Language Day 2025: The day coincides with both the birthday and death day of William Shakespeare and World Book Day.The English language is one of the most popular languages used across ...

Through invasion, invention and global expansion, English has developed into the second language of the world. This gallery will take you on a journey from an eighth century heroic epic to a ...