Name: Celma Gaspar

Class: B
Topic: English's origin and the reason of being studied in the accounting

Origin of the English language

The English language is a Germanic language that was born in the actual
territory of Great-Britain, in the kingdoms Anglo-Saxons, in the century 5 d. C.,
an earth invaded by several people at that time (Scandinavian and Norman).
The language appeared of this contact among the several tribes that inhabited
and they ambitioned the current English lands, what justifies the multiplicity of
their origins and influences.

The term "English" comes from the word "Angles." Although the language is
Germanic, she has a lot of words with root in Latin. Besides Latin, this language
had influence of other languages as the French (actually, the Norman language
and no French) language.

The Romans left Great-Britain in 410 and the first Anglo-Saxons (Germanic
people) disembarked in the year 449. The Saxon were the responsible for they
introduce in English the first elements of the Latin vocabulary. That because
those people had entered before in contact with the Romans.
In 1066, Guilherme, the norman, won the king of Saxon and if it turned king of
Great-Britain. He installed his/her cut and it distributed lands among the coming
noblemen of France. French spoken in Great-Britain in the times of the Norman
Conquest was very special and Anglo-Norman was denominated ending for
influencing the English language.

Little by little English went crossing borders and it is, nowadays, the official
language of 53 countries.

The importance of the English language in the accounting

The English language is the third language more spoken in the whole world,
facto that turns her/it the best language pattern for the science, in matter the
accounting. Most of the books and linked materials to the accounting are
developed in English. The international accounting rules in which the countries
are mirrored and they are adapted, they are not an exception, IFRS (Financial
International Reporting Standards) that translated are the Norms and the
International Patterns of Accounting, they are also developed in English.

English is clearly important for the linked professionals to the accounting and it
is a fundamental step for those that think hereafter to work in this area. The
language facilitates the exchange among these same professionals being in
different territories, once the English language is considered as business
language (language of the businesses).

The companies and the own job market will be more open for accountants with
English in his/her curriculum, being able to them to work in any part of the
world, especially in countries of English official language. English already if it
turned a crucial requirement to get a good job and to be very paid. It is evident
the need to learn the English language and to speak fluently.