[lg policy] TED: English mania (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:33:13 +0100
From: Christopher Kennedy <C.J.KENNEDY at bham.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: [lg policy] TED: English mania

I don't know of a recent one - The Economist Intelligence Unit did a review on worldwide English language training in 1989 by McCallen and of course there's English Next by Graddol (downloadable from British Council website) which covers some of the issues
Best
Chris
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Subject: Re: [lg policy] TED: English mania


Thanks, Don.  Has anyone come across an authoritative analysis of the international EFL teaching industry?
Bernard


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Don Osborn <dzo at bisharat.net> wrote:


 	FYI: Jay Walker on the world's English mania http://on.ted.com/O (via @kevindonovan & @tedtalks on Twitter.com)


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