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Patricia Ryan: Non insistete con l'inglese!

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At TEDxDubai, la professoressa di inglese Patricia Ryan fa una domanda provocatoria: il focus del mondo sull'inglese impedisce la diffusione di idee in altre lingue? (Per esempio: cosa sarebbe successo se Einstein avesse dovuto passare il TOEFL?). E' una difesa appassionata della traduzione e della condivisione di idee.

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

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