Mickey Mouse English???

tvan
 April 20, 2009, 01:28 PM posted in General Discussion

I'm sure that all you English-teaching poddies are aware of this but, per this Wall Street Journal article, Disney-branded English schools opened in Shanghai last year, and Disney is considering expanding.  What is Podcasting's answer to this?  Mulan-pod?  No Disney already has that.  WushuPod?

Personally, it sounds kind of cheesy to me, but it also seems like the sort of thing that might take off.  Lots of singing and product placement.  I'd go crazy but, if anyone's interested, here's a job advertisement.

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WillBuckingham
 April 20, 2009, 04:07 PM

Oh, the horror...

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kimiik
 April 20, 2009, 06:11 PM

Here is the official list of the institutions whose mission is to promote a language and a culture :
    * Alliance Française
    * British Council
    * Confucius Institute
    * Goethe-Institut
    * Instituto Camoes
    * Instituto Caro y Cuervo
    * Instituto Cervantes
    * Japan Foundation
    * Società Dante Alighieri

Will we see The Mickey Mouse Club enter this list as a Hollywood representative ? ;o)

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bababardwan
 April 20, 2009, 10:29 PM

kimiik,

Good list mate.You left off one though;McDonalds...they are patenting the English language so soon it will all have to be done through them.

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billbag
 April 20, 2009, 10:58 PM

i heard they are closing shop in Hong Kong and re-opening in ShangHai
when is the opening date for ShangHai disneyland?
thats great that disney is doing alot of work again in China.