The History of the English Language NEW

Dates: 4/6/2026-5/11/2026

Time: Mondays, 2:40 - 4:00 PM

Location: Middleburg Heights Community Church 7165 Big Creek Pkwy Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 United States

Room: Fellowship Hall 2

Instructor: Jerilyn Burgess

Class #: S26-09

Invasions. War. Politics. Intrigue. Culture. Romance. The History of the English Language, that wonderful tongue we speak every day, will not require you to memorize events in British history—it will illustrate how those events shaped our language.

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Registration opens on 3/8/2026 at 9 am

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Your Instructor

Jerilyn Friedmann Burgess is a proud BW graduate, 1993. Her English professors had a passion for literature and linguistics, inspiring her to make a living in everything English.A published writer who has written for national magazines and newspapers, Ms. Burgess is also working on a novel. She's taught ESL to hundreds of people from throughout the world--everyone from poor refugees to advanced-level expats working for major American companies.This is Ms. Burgess's first teaching job with ILR, and she hopes her students gain a new appreciation for our common language.