# The world's English mania

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Jay Walker
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_the_world_s_english_mania)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The world's English mania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jay_walker_the_world_s_english_mania/b8a5374aab9f), 5 min (TED's player)