China has been in the news for quite some time - everything due to the "Olympics" affair. Although everything is over now, focus on China and the Chinese culture still remain in our minds (that's the the way things go after events like these in our globalised societies I guess...)- "Chinese culture "- I wrote - and English as a communication needs arises... Yes...a "hard-to-believe" change that has been hitting our world for years. What's next?, I wonder...
If you haven't, catch Mad About English! - the amazing story of 1,000,000,000 people and their MAD MAD MAD rush to learn English! As the clock ticks down to next month's Olympics, China 's love affair with the English language has reached feverish proportions. With half a million or more visitors descending on Beijing for the Games, can the Chinese pull it off with their newly-acquired English? Mad About English! follows the inspiring and heart-warming efforts of a city preparing to host the world by learning a once-forbidden tongue.
Excerpts from a review:
All is not fun most of the time as we see each colorful character struggle to make ends meet and fall upon tested. Learning English for them doesn't just mean better communication, it also meant livelihood that they could bring themselves for their future. Documentaries like these are one in a million and capturing the essence of it all on film, priceless.
The info came to me via EFL GEEK 3.0
related posts-
http://pothin.edublogs.org/2008/08/19/mad-about-english/
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/28/080428fa_fact_osnos (unorthodox methods)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/feature_070708.html
http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/
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