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Part two: The history of colonialism was a major factor in the development of English. Follow the global spread of English from the 17th century to the present day...Scroll back and forth through the dates in the timeline below using the arrows either side. You can then read more about each time period, see images and even play videos.

...English speakers. But what is involved in understanding this right in police interviews, as well as the consequences of waiving the right? Extensive research on comprehension of this and other rights delivered to suspects shows that even native speakers of English do not always understand their rights. The problems are even greater for non-native speakers of English who...

...English-language songs dominate the Eurovision Song Contest in its 60th anniversary, this article (written in 2015) explores why so many of the songs are sung in English...[Language of Eurovision graph] If you don't have many hopes for UK Eurovision entry you may like to know that at least it has an advantage: it's sung in English. Since the rules were changed in 1999 to...

...English skills a key part of Citizenship may do less for social cohesion than supporters of the idea believe...[Peter Dutton] Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister for Immigration Like many other Western countries, Australia is currently grappling with the global wave of refugees, together with the threat of terrorism. Although the Australian government has managed a very...

...English bilingual sojourners in the UK manage their use of two languages in their everyday interactions. Let me begin by explaining ‘code-switching’. Code-switching is the practice of going back and forth between two or more languages or dialects, and using them in the same sentence or conversation. This is something my bilingual friends and I do a lot amongst...

...English language dominated the Eurovision Song Contest once more? Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explores what the competition holds this year...Last year we discussed the shrinking number of languages featured in the Eurovision song contest. This year only two countries have entered songs solely in a language other than English. Singing in English used to be considered an...