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The world's English mania

Jay Walker · TED

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About

Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2009
Speaker
Jay Walker
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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