TED talk: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking (TUESDAY&THURSDAY groups)

TED talk: How to make the work-life balance work (TUESDAY&THURSDAY groups)

TED talk: Don´t insist on English (THURSDAY group)

If you can't think a thought, you are stuck. But if another language can think that thought, then, by cooperating, we can achieve and learn so much more.

A: Listen at home (about 10 min.) and answer the comprehension questions on the worksheet. You can also try the vocabulary exercise. Download the worksheet here.

B:  Discussion in class: 
1. Why are you learning English? If you could further your career or studies without doing so, would you?
2. What has your experience learning English been like?
3. Should everybody learn English? What would the consequences of this be?
4. Do you think that far-reaching English education (e.g. bilingual schools everywhere nowadays)  is responsible for cultural loss? If so, how would you solve this problem?
5. Ryan mentions that the U.K. benefitted from the shared oil wealth that resulted from greater cultural integration with Kuwait when the country began to use native-speaking teachers. Is English education a kind of imperialism or neo-colonialism in this way?

C: More listening:  To gather more UL (Useful language) and ideas about global English, you can also watch this 5- min. TED talk called The World´s English Mania.

The Googleplex (TUESDAY&THURSDAY groups)

1. What perks do the employees have at the Google offices?

2. Listen again: take notes(more details) about each perk.

TED talk: The World´s English Mania (TUESDAY group)

1. What does the speaker say about manias?
2. What does he say about Chinese students?
3. What does he say about the role of English as a global language?