ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY

'To be or not to be'

English Language Day23rd of April

St. Georges Day (Patron Saint of England)

23rd of April

Shakespeare birth in 1564 and death in 1616

He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 37 plays and 150 poems His theatre company was called Lord Chamberlain's Men, and they performed at a place called 'The Theate'. After a dispute with the landlord, they rebuilt the building on the other side of the river, and they called it The Globe There were no female actors at that time, and women's part were performed by men In 1997, a modern Globe Theatre opened in London, a reconstruction of the original, and just a hundred meters from where once it stood

William Shakespeare

English Language by Numbers

According to data from 2010, ___ million people speak English as their first language.

There are ___ consonants in the English alphabet.

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There are ___ letters in the English alphabet.

English is the official language in ___ countries.

The British Council says that there are ___ million English as a foreign language speakers

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The Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for ___ aprox words in current use.

The first early English dictionary was published in ___.

Talk like Shakespeare Day

1. Instead of you, say thou or thee (and instead of you all, say ye) 2. Rhymed couplets are all the rage 3. Men are sirrah, and women are mistress, and your friends are all called cousin 4. Don't waste time saying it, just use the letter t (tis', t'will) 5. When in doubt, add the letters eth to the end of the verbs (runneth, falleth, loveth, walketh)

Sonnets

Tragedies

Histories

Comedies

Shakespeare Works

English is the official language in 55 countries.

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.

There are 21 consonants in the English alphabet.

According to data from 2010, 360 million people speak English as their first language.

The first early English dictionary was published in 1604.

The Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 400.000 aprox words in current use.

The British Council says that there are 750 million English as a foreign language speakers