Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!

kimiik
March 28, 2011, 02:57 PM posted in General Discussion

http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html

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At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? (For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?) It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.

 

 

 

 

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bababardwan
March 28, 2011, 11:39 PM

Who's Einstein?...oh hang on, you mean Young Einstein:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096486/

..hey, don't go picking on our poor Tassies English.

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pretzellogic
March 29, 2011, 02:24 AM

What I don't get is, Who's doing the insisting?