If you're interested in the history of English, you might enjoy this 1943 film from the British Council Film Collection. It looks at where English came from and at some of the thousands of words it has borrowed from other languages. Of course, being more than seventy years old, it's very old fashioned...but still interesting to watch! You can learn lots more about English as a world language in our free online course, Exploring English: Language and Culture - http://bit.ly/ExploringEnglish4 Neil

If you're interested in the history of English, you might enjoy this 1943 film from the British Council Film Collection! Of course, it's seventy-five years old so it's quite old fashioned ... but still interesting to watch, and great listening practice! Find out more here: http://bit.ly/EnglishIsGREAT1 Neil | LearnEnglish – British Council