TEDTalks Patricia Ryan：别坚持说英语！pa

I know what you are thinking. You think I've lost my way, and somebody's going to come on the stage in a minute and guide me gently back to my seat.

I get that all the time in Dubai."Here on holiday are you,dear?" “Come to visit the children? How long are you staying?" Well actually , I hope for a while longer yet. I have been living and teaching in the Gulf for over 30 years. And in that time, I have seen a lot of changes.

Now that statistic is quite shocking.

And I want to talk to you today about language loss and the globalization English.