Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.
It's understandable to be frustrated when the person behind the counter has no English, but what really upsets people is hearing other languages in shops or on buses
Article which corrects a Slate.com map which shows the top language in each state other than English or Spanish. Asian languages are more used than shown on the Slate map.
Article which corrects a Slate.com map which shows the top language in each state other than English or Spanish. Asian languages are more used than shown on the Slate map.