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What is English anyway?

Ever thought of where does English come from or its history? Well here's an article taken from Wikipedia about English.English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian and Lower Saxon dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers and Roman auxiliary troops from various parts of what is now northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands in the 5th century. One of these Germanic tribes was the Angles,[20] who may have come from Angeln, and Bede wrote that their whole nation came to Britain, leaving their former land empty. The names 'England' (from Engla land "Land of the Angles") and English (Old English Englisc) are derived from the name of this tribe.The Anglo-Saxons ...
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How to Master English

Learning English can be frustrating. Just imagine, you've been learning English since you were in standard 1 until standard 6. Then you continue in secondary school. Form 1 until form 5, or some maybe until upper 6. Just count how many years have you been learning English. 6 + 5 = 11. 11 years!!! But why can't you still master English?!! There's a big question mark there!So, how do you master English?? Teachers, what's your answer?My answer would be this1. buy a dictionary, a good one2. read the newspaper and highlight the words that you don't know. After that refer to the dictionary.3. listen to the radio.4. Talk, talk and talk in English. Regardless how bad you are, how many people laugh at ...