DP English A Language and Literature

In the European Union, every language is an official language. Government officials speak in the official language of their country, and those comments are then translated into 22, soon to be 23, other languages. All of that costs $1.4 billion per year - and that total will increase when Croatian becomes an official language later this year.

The EFFL militates for the right of the African and North African countries to speak English! Our cause is meant to help African and North African countries develop themselves and get out of isolation.

An organisation that pushes for English to be adopted as the first foreign language of African nations.

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

Only 25% of the world speaks English - so businesses ignore the foreign language internet their peril.

For 8,000 employees of Japanese company, Rakuten Inc, it's English only at business meetings (June 2013)

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)

Rithy Panh talks about his documentary, The Missing Picture.

As Japan's population declines, all but guaranteeing ever-decreasing domestic business for local companies, one executive tries a switch to English.

Two years ago, Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani ruffled quite a few feathers by imposing compulsory English communication for his Internet-based company's employees (2012)

Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, decided to 'English-nize' his company, and mandated that his employees speak English at work (Reuters)

What your first name says about your politics (Washington Post)

Every year, there's always one Super Bowl ad that generates a bit of next-day controversy. And this year's ad appears to be Coca-Cola's 'It's Beautiful' ad.(LA Times)

Beautiful voices singing "America the Beautiful" in different languages sounds like marketing genius, right? Yet, Coke's commercial has sparked outrage among some.

Coca-Cola's Super Bowl ad sparked both outrage and kudos. The ad, entitled "It's Beautiful," features the patriotic song "America the Beautiful" sung in eight languages. The ad shows people of different ethnicities.

NYT theatre review of A Streetcar Named Desire, with Cate Blanchett as Blanche.

Review of production of A Doll's House.

Opinion piece (2002)

Paul Johnson predicts that English will be the globe's language (article from 2004)

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)