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Majority in China back teaching English; debate rages over move to scrap it
A proposal by a member of China's national advisory body to drop English as a core subject for primary and secondary school students has triggered a heated debate
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Old words with new meanings
One such is "woke", which Britain's political right denounces as a battering ram that will destroy the ramparts of social orthodoxy
Essential anthology
Book review of The Book of Indian Essays: Two Hundred Years of English Prose
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NEP's thrust on mother tongue, the fate of English, and a migrant question
It may never be the language spoken in most homes and remain much smaller than mother tongues, but English will continue to have its place as one of two official languages in India, writes T N Ninan
Little letters of love
Amit Shankar Saha has quietly carved a niche for himself in the overactive world of Indian poetry in English
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AP CM Jagan defends move to swtich govt school education to English medium
The state government's decision to covert all government schools into English medium schools has attracted criticism from many political leaders
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In China, 3 Americans have created an Uber for English lessons
Yoli offers Chinese speakers one-on-one English classes in an on-demand system similar to Uber's, reports Tech in Asia
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Importance of English
It isn't just Pranab Mukherjee, who is nearing the end of his five-year term as the President of India. Omita Paul, a former Indian Information Service officer who is currently posted as secretary to the President, has also been a discernible presence at the President's House. On Sunday, a day before Teachers' Day, she inaugurated English speaking classes for the residents of the President's Estate. The six-month course will be conducted by a non-governmental organisation in association with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. In her speech, Paul highlighted the importance of spoken English.
Adult English-speaking American knows 42,000 words: study
A native English-speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words by the age of 20, a largest study of its kind has found.
