The Story of English Videotape
Scripted Pause Points with Questions

1. Start tape as a man is banging a gong at the phrase, "A Hindu Temple."
Pause tape at a picture of Stonehenge and the phrase, "Dutch and English"
Ask the students question #1- What was the importance of William Jones
discovery?

2. Start tape at the same picture of Stonehenge
Pause tape at the map with the four names of Germanic tribes.
Ask the students question # 2- What are the four tribes and from where are they coming?

3. Fast forward to start tape at picture of ocean surf and the phrase, "The invading"
Pause at Macneil in front of castle after the phrase, "country of Wales."
Ask the students question # 3- What happened to the Britons when the Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded?

4. Fast forward to start at relief map of England and the phrase, "In England itself."
Pause tape at an illustration after the phase, "Meets the Bishop", is said twice.
Ask the students question # 4- How is Old English different from Modern English?

5. Start tape after the same phrase, "Meets the Bishop"
Pause tape after the phrase, "every word is of Anglo-Saxon origin."
Ask the students question # 5- How much of English today comes from the Anglo-Saxon?

6. Fast forward to picture of island monastery and the phrase, "Just off the coast."
Pause tape at relief map after the phrase, "Thousands of Viking settlements."
Ask the students question # 6- How did the Viking Invasion influence England, and why was Alfred the Great so important to the English language?

7. Fast forward to Shippe climbing hillside and the phrase, "When Viking and Saxon lived side by side" . Pause at picture of Shippe after the phrase, "places like Warfdale" Ask the students question # 7- How did Old Norse and Old English combine to form a new version of English?

8. Fast forward to picture of Bayeux Tapestry and the phrase, "Harold Godwindson."
Pause tape at castle picture after the phrase, "As they did at home."
Ask the students question # 8- What was the Norman Invasion, and what language threatened English?

9. Fast forward to picture of the inside of Durham Cathedral and the phrase, "Government, law, and administration."
Pause tape at illustrations of English country life after the phrase, "Parish priest."
Ask the students question # 9- How did English overcome the ruling French language?

10. Fast forward to picture of a glass roof and the phrase, "The Norman Masters"
Pause tape at the phrase, "Menu of words to choose from."
Ask the students question # 10- How did English benefit from the invasion of the French language?

11. Fast forward to picture of English countryside through a window and the phrase, "The structure of the English Language."
Pause tape at the illustration of the phrase, "The Bishop meets the King."
Ask the students question # 11- How is Middle English different from Old English?

12. Fast forward to the picture of the language map and the phrase, "In the North."
Pause tape at the phrase, "20'Th century"
Ask the students question # 12- What area is the basis for the dialect of English known as Modern Standard English?

13. Start tape at a picture of a printer setting type and the phrase, "When it came"
Pause tape after the phrase, "Writers and teachers"
Ask the students question #13- What makes spelling the English language challenging?