Medieval Poem for English Language Learners

Lesson #214: Appreciating April through Ancient Eyes (Chaucer’s poetry)

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I have been looking forward to April for some time, knowing that these lines from the 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer would be perfectly seasonable! 🌼 This Lesson is in 3 parts: ✏️ A modern translation of Chaucer’s medieval poem’s opening lines (with a vocabulary list) ✏️ The original lines in medieval English (just for […]

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Lesson #177: Appreciating a Medieval English Poem: William Langland’s ‘Piers Plowman’

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Every single language that is spoken today has undergone (gone through) many changes over the years, over centuries. This is also true of English, which could be described as having several phases or historical stages of development: 🪔 c. 500-1150 AD: Old English  This is made of the dialects of Anglo-Saxon tribes, with a very few words

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