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English Mania Key

Jay Walker gave a talk about the global mania for learning English. He discussed how over 2 billion people worldwide are trying to learn English, driven by the hope of better opportunities and a better future. In China, students begin mandatory English education in 3rd grade and must take a grueling, three-day national exam called Gaokao that is taken by over 80 million students and determines their higher education prospects. Walker argued that English has become the language of solving worldwide, alarming, and deadly problems.

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English Mania Key

Jay Walker gave a talk about the global mania for learning English. He discussed how over 2 billion people worldwide are trying to learn English, driven by the hope of better opportunities and a better future. In China, students begin mandatory English education in 3rd grade and must take a grueling, three-day national exam called Gaokao that is taken by over 80 million students and determines their higher education prospects. Walker argued that English has become the language of solving worldwide, alarming, and deadly problems.

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English mania

Before you watch:

1. What is a mania?

2. What types of mania do you associate with the following:

a) Justing Bieber celebrities d) “Lower taxes, higher salaries!” politics


b) Barcelona FC football e) Armageddon religion, the end of the wolrd
c) 700 calories / day diet

Watching and listening


Jay Walker, an entrepreneur and inventor, is going to give a talk on the world's
`English mania'. Answer the questions.

1. What kinds of mania does he mention?


a) Beatle mania c) religious mania
b) sports mania d) mania for learning Eng

2. How do Chinese students practice English? By screaming it

3. How many people are trying to learn English worldwide? Two billion

4. In which grade do Chinese students start learning English by law? In the 3rd grade

5. Why do people choose to learn English?


a) opportunity for a better life
b) opportunity for a better job
c) opportunity to put better food on the table / pay for school

6. How long does the Chinese Gaokao exam last? Three full days

7. How many students in China have already taken Gaokao? 80 mln

8. What other universal languages does Walker mention?


a) mathematics
b) music

9. English is becoming the language of problem solving

10. What does English represent, according to Jay Walker?


Hope for a better future
After you watch

1. Match the adjectives with their definitions

A B C D E F
5 4 1 6 2 3

ADJECTIVE DEFINITION
A Deafening 1 likely to cause death
B Alarming 2 difficult to imagine because it is so bad,
good, big, etc.
C Deadly 3 relating to the whole world
D Grueling 4 causing worry or fear
E Unimaginable 5 extremely loud
F Global 6 extremely tiring and difficult,
and demanding great effort determination

Do you remember what these adjectives describe in Jay Walker’s speech?


Deafening crowds
Alarming, deadly – mania
Grueling – test, exam
Unimaginable intensity of learning
Global – problems, conversation

2. Use the adjectives to write a short summary of the talk you have watched (60-
80 words)

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