You would think that being a native English speaker would give any world leader a massive home-court advantage.

Rogues, knights and fops chart the history of the language Cookies on the BBC website We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

I didn’t mean to watch this entire thing, but dammit if I didn’t sit through all ten minutes (alright, technically 11 minutes and 20 seconds) of this fantastically witty, animated history of ...

In halting its Spanish-language communications, the White House is ignoring the demographic reality of the U.S. and rejecting a long-standing tradition in American government of making key civic in… ...

A Nebraska law of 1919, and similar measures in other states, forbade instruction in any school in any language except English. Robert Meyer, the teacher of a one-room Lutheran grade school, was ...

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.

English Language Day 2025: Date, Theme, History, Significance & All You Need To Know English Language Day 2025: It is celebrated on 23 April annually and is a United Nations (UN) observance day.

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 ...

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 ...

The History of the English Language: a Source Book by J D Burnley (Longman, 2nd edition, 2000) A History of English Words by Geoffrey Hughes (Blackwell, 2000) ... British History Timeline.