Patricia Ryan : Don´t Insist On English

TED TALKS
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.


About Patricia Ryan

Patricia Ryan has spent the past three-plus decades teaching English in Arabic countries -- where she has seen vast cultural (and linguistic) change. More links

Let´s watch the video and think of what she says. Do you agree?



http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/eng//id/1106