How to learn English from Shakespeare?
William in his best clothes!: How to learn English from Shakespeare?
Although not everyone really knows the work of the most famous of English playwrights, the general public knows that English is nicknamed “the language of Shakespeare.” (Just as French is the language of Molière, Italian, Dante’s, German, Goethe’s, Spanish, Cervantes and Portuguese … Cristiano Ronaldo’s). What if we dig a little deeper into the English language to discover what William Shakespeare really brought …? One of the reasons we identify English with him is the fact that it is estimated that he introduced between 1,700 and 2,000 words to the English vocabulary … Incredible, right? Furthermore, most are still used today and only 5% are obsolete. To illustrate, these are some of the expressions invented, precisely, by the famous English writer and poet:
” Break the ice “: break the ice
” Love is blind “: love is blind
” Heart of gold “: a heart of gold
You may have noticed that all three have a translation also in Spanish! Along the same lines as Shakespeare’s linguistic creations, it seems that the meaning of some of them has changed over time: it is, among others, the case of ” weird” (“strange”, “weird”), which meant ” fatality “centuries ago; of ” quick” (“fast”), that meant “alive”, or of ” naughty” (“bad”), that expressed the “immorality” formerly. To those who defend tooth and nail this language, with its elegant and refined twists, away from American English (which some people consider simplistic), we advise the United Kingdom (England, Scotland,. Nothing better if you want to immerse yourself in his words and in his more than 35 plays. There you will find many people like you: 50% of the people who want to learn English abroad choose the United Kingdom for a stay or a language trip. Finally, it is one of the best places to assimilate the fundamental knowledge of English:
grammar (oral expression and communication, connectors, syntax, etc.),
vocabulary (idiomatic expressions, lexicon, semantics, etc.),
the conjugation ( present perfect , irregular verbs, verbs in -ing, present simple …),
the conversation…