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Another Japanese Company Tells Employees, 'Speak English' - Businessweek - 0 views

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    Bridgestone, the Tokyo-based, global leader in tire sales, is adopting English as its official language, joining a small group of Japanese companies using language to declare their global ambitions (October 2013)
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English as a Global Language - 1 views

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    Crystal, D. English as a Global Language. Cambridge University Press. London. 2012.
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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language | Talk Video | TED - 0 views

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    More and more, English is a global language; speaking it is perceived as a sign of being modern. But - what do we lose when we leave behind our mother tongues? Suzanne Talhouk makes an impassioned case to love your own language, and to cherish what it can express that no other language can. In Arabic with subtitles. (Filmed at TEDxBeirut.)
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    More and more, English is a global language; speaking it is perceived as a sign of being modern. But - what do we lose when we leave behind our mother tongues? Suzanne Talhouk makes an impassioned case to love your own language, and to cherish what it can express that no other language can. In Arabic with subtitles. (Filmed at TEDxBeirut.)
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BBC Languages - Language and Identity - 2 views

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    Page has many links to other topics related to Global English, including Endangered Languages, adopting words from other languages, etc.
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Around in the world in English 1. English in Spain. A Cultural Question. - 1 views

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    English as global language. Why English? Robert Herington. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
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Engish Professor says Arabic may overtake English in the future - 1 views

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    Video. David Crystal talks about global languages
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Bid in France to Add Courses in English Raises Fear for Language - 0 views

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    An effort to draw more foreign students to French universities has led to worries about "Americanization disguised as globalization."
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Does it matter if we only speak English? | Comment is free | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    Martin Jacques: We like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to learning a second language we are near the bottom of the league (opinion column, 2006)
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10 Things You Should Know About the Global Ad Market - 0 views

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    What's The World's Second-Largest Ad Medium? Hint: You're Using It Right Now
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The importance of speaking English - 1 views

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    As linguists estimated in 2009 that two billion people worldwide are trying to learn English, Cambodia - once isolated by civil wars - is gradually integrating itself into the regional and global economy.
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State of the World's Mothers - Save the Children - 0 views

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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
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International Press Institute: About us - 0 views

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    The International Press Institute is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists. We are dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism.
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    The International Press Institute is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists. We are dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism.
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English to English: 'translating' a cultural divide | Media | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
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    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
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English is de facto global language - 1 views

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    from the BBC Forum 'Your say'
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Immigrants Should Learn English - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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    Two opinions on why immigrants to the USA should learn English (2008)
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Minority languages face grim future - 1 views

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    Specialists say the languages of Cambodia's once-isolated highland minorities are being eroded by global forces
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Languages of the world - 0 views

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    BBC guide to languages of the world, with links to endangered languages, the origins of language, etc
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