Abstract:
Since ancient times, the English language has developed like other languages and has undergone many transformations that made it reach what it is now, as a result of that. The aim of the study was to discover the changes that occurred in it and the backgrounds of this development since the beginning of the first roots of the English language
To this effect, 150 students from Djilali Bounaama University, English Department were selected as participants to this study. Moreover, in order to answer the research questions ; one research method was used, this was : Questionnaire for students. The findings show that most students can differentiate Old, Middle, and Modern English. Moreover, almost all students have no problem in learning English as they acquire prior knowledge about the history of the English language
