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Op TEDxDubai stelt docent Engels Patricia Ryan een uitdagende vraag: voorkomt de focus die de wereld op Engels legt de verspreiding van goede ideeën in andere talen? (Wat zou er bijvoorbeeld zijn gebeurd als Einstein een Engels examen had moeten afleggen?) Een gepassioneerde verdediging van vertalen en het delen van ideeën.
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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Reviewed by Christel Foncke
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