now,today, hundreds of millions of people speak English all over the world, whether it's their first language or their second language,or just one the foreign languages that they speak and learn at school, So,hundreds of millions of people speak English and learn English. But hundreds of years ago, the English language that we know today didn't really exist. it sort of got put together gradually by different historical events. so we are going to go back in history now, and have a look at a timeline