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Patricia Ryan: Ma tlekkuš ɛla el-'engliziya!

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TEDxDubai

• December 2010

F TEDxDubai, tseqsi Patricia Ryan, w hiya šixa qdima ntaɛ 'engliziya, swal ntaɛ mnagra: El-telkak f el-ɛalem ɛla el-'engliziya huwa zeɛma elli rahu maneɛ el-nšir ntaɛ el-fkar el-kbar fi luġat waḥduxrin? (B el-mtel: Weš ykun el-ḥal la Einstein kan mejbur beš yfewwet el-TOEFL?) Hadi mḥamya, b el-nefḥa, ɛla el-tarjama w ɛla el-mqasma ntaɛ el-fkar.

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F TEDxDubai, tseqsi Patricia Ryan, w hiya šixa qdima ntaɛ 'engliziya, swal ntaɛ mnagra: El-telkak f el-ɛalem ɛla el-'engliziya huwa zeɛma elli rahu maneɛ el-nšir ntaɛ el-fkar el-kbar fi luġat waḥduxrin? (B el-mtel: Weš ykun el-ḥal la Einstein kan mejbur beš yfewwet el-TOEFL?) Hadi mḥamya, b el-nefḥa, ɛla el-tarjama w ɛla el-mqasma ntaɛ el-fkar.

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Patricia Ryan has spent the past three-plus decades teaching English in Arabic countries -- where she has seen vast cultural (and linguistic) change.

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