History of English
Facts about English
World Englishes
100

In 1986, how many people were speaking in English?

What is 700 million?

100

How many words are in the Oxford English Dictionary?

What is 500,000 words?

100

What is the practice of making certain varieties feel inferior to other varieties of English?

What is stigmatization?

200

In Victorian England, what kind of English did people aspire to having?

What is "the Queen's English"? 

200

What does RP stand for, when it comes to English and pronunciation?

What is "Received Pronunciation"?

200

What is the term used by Tupas and Rabdy to explain the phenomenon of stigmatized Englishes and how some Englishes are "superior" than others

What is "Unequal Englishes"?

300

What made people use Received Pronunciation (RP) more in England?

What is the Education Act of 1870?

300

What kind of English was stigmatized in England as considered uneducation?

What is Nonstandardized English?

300

In Australia and New Zealand, English was spread by what?

What are settlers?

400

What gives a "clue about speaker's life and career," AND is an "indication of the speaker's community values and what he or she identifies with"?

What is accent?

400

When was the BBC established?

What is 1922?

400

In the Philippines and Hong Kong, English was spread as what?

What is the "language of conquest"?

500

When was the heyday of radio, and thus, spread English even faster? 

What is 1918 to 1945?

500

What is considered the language of democracy?

What is English?

500

What kind of English is consistent in spelling and punctuation and is necessary in formal writing?

What is Standard English?