Oxford Bookworms Factfiles level 4 : The History of the English Language

from the back cover: About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English everywhere. How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to …

American Born Chinese

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9781250811899

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240p

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741.5973 YAN a

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