Don't insist on English!

Title:: Don't insist on English!
Speaker:: Patricia Ryan
Description:: Patricia Ryan is a longtime English teacher who asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? In other words: What if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL? It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.

more » « less
Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 10:14

	TED2 changed primary url from https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4 to https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4
	TED2 changed primary url from https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4 to https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4
	TED2 changed primary url from https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4 to https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4
	TED2 changed primary url from https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4 to https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4
	TED2 changed primary url from https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4 to https://s3.amazonaws.com/ted.conferences/talk/transcript/2010X/None/PatriciaRyan_2010X-transcript.mp4
	Elvira Rakhmetova accepted Kazakh subtitles for Don't insist on English!
	Elvira Rakhmetova edited Kazakh subtitles for Don't insist on English!
	Elvira Rakhmetova edited Kazakh subtitles for Don't insist on English!

Show all

Format: HTML5

Primary

Original

Added by TED

Format: HTML5

Primary

Original

This video is part of the closed TED team.

Subtitles download