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| 00:09 | english is a tricky language for every role . There | |
| 00:14 | always seemed to be exceptions . That's because English collected | |
| 00:25 | its words from many different sources over the course of | |
| 00:27 | history . Words from ancient Greek have a habit of | |
| 00:30 | creeping into scientific and technological terminology , British interests in | |
| 00:34 | India from the 18th century introduced words such as shampoo | |
| 00:38 | and jungle . But the majority of the English language | |
| 00:40 | comes from two main sources , firstly , Germanic tongues | |
| 00:44 | following our island settlement by people from the east . | |
| 00:48 | Secondly Norman French brought over by William and his conquering | |
| 00:53 | forces . In 1066 , french was also language that | |
| 00:57 | had evolved from a conquering force , the latin of | |
| 01:00 | the roman empire . It's fascinating to categorize english words | |
| 01:13 | depending on whether they come from latin via norman french | |
| 01:16 | or anglo Saxon . A lot of anglo Saxon root | |
| 01:19 | words are common , everyday words . Latinate words tend | |
| 01:23 | to be longer and more clever sounding , being able | |
| 01:29 | to navigate around all kinds of words in the english | |
| 01:31 | language is important for good literacy . Mm hmm . | |
| 01:35 | Basic Tier one vocabulary makes up the bulk of the | |
| 01:38 | words that we use every day and is derived largely | |
| 01:41 | from Anglo Saxon . Tier two words used less but | |
| 01:45 | become increasingly important as Children navigate their way through school | |
| 01:48 | . Many of these tier two words have French Latin | |
| 01:51 | roots . Tier three words are not seen all that | |
| 01:54 | often , but there are lots of them and they | |
| 01:56 | are often important in subject specific contexts . Ancient greek | |
| 02:00 | also exerts its influence here . Let's illustrate this with | |
| 02:06 | some written extracts here is part of an article from | |
| 02:09 | a UK tabloid newspaper where the style is geared to | |
| 02:12 | ease of reading . Most of the words are Tier | |
| 02:14 | one . If your vocabulary doesn't have many tier two | |
| 02:17 | words in it , it's not that important . You | |
| 02:20 | can fill in the blanks . This extract from some | |
| 02:34 | GCSE Geography notes relies heavily on Tier two and Tier | |
| 02:38 | three words if you don't know what they mean , | |
| 02:40 | the text makes very little sense as a whole of | |
| 02:55 | course exposure to vocabulary in context for extensive reading is | |
| 02:59 | a critical gateway to enriching Tier two and tier three | |
| 03:01 | vocabulary explicit teaching vocabulary and decoding techniques also has a | |
| 03:06 | role . This is where knowledge of latin and greek | |
| 03:09 | word roots can be very useful . Take a look | |
| 03:12 | at these greek roots that appear in english words . | |
| 03:15 | Understanding their meaning can help us decode novel english words | |
| 03:19 | such as hypodermic and micro with classics for all , | |
| 03:26 | can support your school to introduce a suitable program of | |
| 03:29 | work that aims to help your pupils improve their english | |
| 03:32 | vocabulary to exposure to latin and ancient greek . We | |
| 03:36 | provide access to a variety of resources as well as | |
| 03:38 | fully funded teacher training . We're currently open to all | |
| 03:43 | UK states , calls for inquiries and funding applications . | |
| 03:46 | Get in touch via our website . Mm hmm . |
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