jay walker : the world's english mania
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Jay Walker : The world's English mania. Jaanika Rookmann RM12. What’s this video about ?. In this video Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English . The Manias. He begins by talking about different manias : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Jay Walker: The world's English
mania
Jaanika RookmannRM12
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What’s this video about?
• In this video Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English.
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The Manias
He begins by talking about different manias:• Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming,
pandemonium.• Sports mania: deafening crowds, all for one idea – to get
the ball in the net.• Religious mania: rapture,weeping, visions.
• Manias can be good.• Manias can be alarming.• Manias can be deadly.
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Mania for leaning English
• The world has a new mania. A mania for learning English.
• Chinese students practice their English by screaming it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpILR21GWaohttp://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html
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English in the World
• People learn English everywhere in the world. (for example even in Latin America, in India, in Southeast Asia, China.)
• If you are a Chinese student you start learning English in the third grade, by law.
• In 2009 China became the world's largest English-speaking country.
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Why English?
• In a single word: OPPORTUNITY. • Opportunity for:
– a better life – a job– to be able to pay for school – put better food on the table.
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Gaokao
• Imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days. Her score on this one test literally determines her future. She studies 12 hours a day for three years to prepare.25 percent of her grade is based on English.
• It's called the Gaokao, and 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test.
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Is English mania good or bad? • Is English a tsunami, washing away other
languages?• Not likely. English is the world's second
language. Your native language is your life. • But with English you can become part of a
wider conversation: – a global conversation about global problems,
• like climate change or poverty, or hunger or disease.
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English as an universal language
• The world has other universal languages.– Mathematics is the language of science. – Music is the language of emotions.
• And now English is becoming the language of problem-solving.
• Not because America is pushing it, but because the world is pulling it.
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In conclusion• So English mania is a turning point. Like the
harnessing of electricity in our cities or the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• English represents hope for a better future – a future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems.
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Why did I choose this topic?– I liked the speaker– It was very impressive how the chinese students
learn English.– I agree with the speaker that English is very
important and I also have felt it.• Not speaking English greatly decreases the chances of
landing a job.• There are many articles in English that haven’t been
translated into Estonian.• There’s bad translation everywhere.
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Thanks for listening