Editing Anglicisation (section)

===Channel Islands===
{{Further|History of Jersey#Anglicisation}}

In the early parts of the 19th century, mostly due to increased immigration from the rest of the British Isles, the town of [[St Helier]] in the [[Channel Islands]] became a predominantly English-speaking place, though bilingualism was still common. This created a divided linguistic geography, as the people of the countryside continued to use forms of [[Norman language|Norman French]], and many did not even know English.<ref name=":12">{{cite book |last=Le Feuvre |first=David |title=Jersey: Not Quite British: The Rural History of a Singular People |publisher=Seaflower Books |year=1994 |isbn=0-948578-57-2 |location=Jersey |language=en |oclc=29846615}}</ref>{{Rp|page=38–9}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite thesis |title=The rural community in nineteenth century Jersey |url=https://pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/record=b1410448~S15 |publisher=typescript |date=1991 |place=S.l. |first=John D. |last=Kelleher}}</ref>{{rp|268}} English became seen in the Channel Islands as "the language of commercial success and moral and intellectual achievement".<ref name=":23"/>{{rp|269}} The growth of English and the decline of French brought about the adoption of more values and social structures from [[Victorian era]] England.<ref name=":23"/> Eventually, this led to the Channel Islands's culture becoming mostly anglicised, which supplanted the traditional Norman-based culture of the Islands.<ref name=":23"/>{{rp|270}}

From 1912, the educational system of the Channel Islands was delivered solely in English, following the norms of the [[Education in England|English educational system]].<ref name=":12" /> Anglicisation was supported by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]], and it was suggested that anglicisation would not only encourage loyalty and congeniality between the Channel Islands and Britain, but also provide economic prosperity and improved "general happiness". During the 19th century, there was concern over the practise of sending young Channel Islanders to France for education, as they might have brought back French culture and viewpoints back to the Islands. The [[upper class]] in the Channel Islands supported anglicising the Islands, due to the social and economic benefits it would bring. [[Anglophile]]s such as John Le Couteur strove to introduce [[Culture of England|English culture]] to [[Jersey]].<ref name=":23"/>{{rp|268}}