King Alfred's English: A History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do
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Must-Have Book for Homeschoolers and Everyone Else
The author does a wonderful job explaining how the English language developed historically and linguistically, while making it interesting and fun to read. Doing this from a Christian world view perspective makes it a true treasure. I am reading it aloud to my 4th and 7th graders currently. The main point for the younger one is why and how the spelling of our language seems to have so many inconsistencies and exceptions to rules. This has helped my reluctant speller tremendously! I am having the older one do the worksheets and tests that are available free on the author's website. All 3 of us are immensely enjoying the discussions we are having. This is one of my all-time top recommended books for my homeschooling and non-homeschooling friends. I have personally learned so much.
June 17, 2011
A great addition to your teen's studies -and yours
What does King Alfred have to do with the English we speak today? Plenty and we should all be thankful for this King of 11 centuries ago.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading King AlfredâÂÂs English: A History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do. It was a fun, quick and easy-to-read book, but one that packed a punch. I think teens will wish all their required subject reading was this enjoyable. Laurie White presents this subject, not in a dry, boring way, but as a living story that easily explains how we got from point A to point B. She does a great job of bringing understanding to basic historical events, just in case your not familiar with them. In other words, you donâÂÂt have to have your history down pat ahead of time to understand the flow.
This book about the English Language really gives a great concise history of England itself. The invasions, the literature, and all that shaped the conglomeration we speak today. It also includes a good overview history of the English Bible, and the role it played in developing the language we all, Christian or not, speak. Laurie does a good job of showing the leading causes that led to the consequences that developed our language.
This book will be added to our childrenâÂÂs required reading list, and I donâÂÂt think they will mind at all. I suggest you add it to your high schoolerâÂÂs English course â and that you read it too. Not only will you learn some great useful information about the history of our language, those things will help you teach English also. YouâÂÂll know why, things are the way they are. And youâÂÂll enjoy your reading time along the way. So will your students.
The authorâÂÂs website also includes free supplemental material for students working through this book. But I haven't checked that out yet.
March 21, 2011
5 Stars with a Caution
I give five stars because it is absolutely fascinating. My 15 year old and 12 year old are really enjoying it. If you have studied the middle ages before, this ties it all together. We are printing out the quizes etc. from the website.
My caution goes to the mention of movies in the text and website. Readers have the assumption that these flicks are recommended viewing. Please, moms, check out the movies before letting kids see them. Titles are mentioned by the author with no caveat as to content. Braveheart has nudity, Gladiator contains incest. Go to a website like www.kidsinmind.com before your kids view these movies.
Having said that, I would HIGHLY recommend this book.
March 10, 2011
I'm no History or English student and didn't know what to expect, but truly enjoyed this book. It answered a lot of questions that I didn't even realize that I had and made so much sense out of a very complicated period of time. I'm retired and I highly recommend this book, no matter what your age, 7th Grade and up.
April 9, 2010
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