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In November we had to hand in a piece of homework with information about a documentary called "The Story Of Ireland". This is what I handed in:
The most fascinating aspects of Irish culture that I learned about by watching the Story of Ireland were all the facts about the Irish language. The Irish language was considered the language of the poor by the Englishmen and it was banned from public and educational use. When the Penal Laws - a series of laws which imposed English rules and Enlish language - were introduced, English became the official spoken language of Ireland, was taught in school and nobody was allowed to use the Irish language in public. After a ban lasting for 200 years the Irish language was reinstated as the first language of the Irish country in 1922. Personally, I think that banning a nation's language from public use is a cruel act because people talk how they were taught to by their parents. I would not change the language I speak just because another country wants me to do so! For me the fact that the language of the Irish people was banned was the most fascinating aspect of the documentary the Story of Ireland because I now understand why they are so proud of their language.
This is the corrected version:
The most fascinating aspect of Irish culture that I learned about by watching the Story of Ireland was the Irish language. The Irish language was considered the language of the poor by the British and it was banned from public and educational use when the Penal Laws were introduced. This was a series of laws which imposed English rules and English language. English became the official spoken language of Ireland and was taught in school. Nobody was allowed to use the Irish language in public. After a ban lasting for 200 years the Irish language was reinstated as the first language of Ireland in 1922. Personally, I think that banning a nation's language from public use is a cruel act because the language is part of its culture. Destroying the culture of a people is part of destroying the people itself. I would not change the language I speak just because another country wants me to do so! For me the fact that the language of the Irish people was banned was the most fascinating aspect of the documenty the Story of Ireland because I now understand why they are so proud of their language.
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