LANGUAGE VARIETIES: JAMAICA, AN EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH IN THE CARIBBEAN

The evolution of languages goes hand in hand with the evolution of the people who live in a certain area and follow certain stages. 

The varieties of English spoken in the West Indies give us a fascinating insight into the way languages emerge and evolve when people from different origins come into contact and find a way to communicate. Read this interesting article and learn new concepts such as pidgin or creole to understand much better the human process of communication!

LEARN ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MEDIEVAL TIMES WITH POETRY!

What was the English Language like in Medieval times?

Read this interesting summary about the history of English in those times and listen to this joyful song, "Sumer Is Icumen In" (also called the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song). 

It is a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century.

The title translates approximately to "Summer Has Come In" or "Summer Has Arrived" (Roscow 1999^]).

The song is composed in the Wessex dialect of Middle English.

Although the composer's identity is unknown today, it may have been W. de Wycombe. The manuscript in which it is preserved was copied between 1261 and 1264 (Wulstan 2000, 8).

This rota is the oldest known musical composition featuring six-part polyphony

THE TRANSLATOR

Translating can be considered both:  a science and an art, it requires a lot of knowledge of both the cultures and the source and target languages; but, what might happen when the translator becomes too  involved in the situation she is translating?
Here's a hilarious example!

THE PASSIVE FOR LEVEL 2

You are quite good with the Passive but you neeRemember the theory.

Now practice with auxiliary verbs, in this case, it's really easy: you always use the infinitive of the verb to be.

After this, to show you've become a master, do some more practice, turning passive sentences into active.

And finally, another exercise!