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Plain English Episodes

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    Mother Tongues

    Do people have the right to protect their national language from English?

  2. Globally Speaking

    Can a national language serve the needs of global citizens today?

  3. Money Talks

    How important is English to the global economy?

  4. The Internet

    Is the internet turning the world's language direction away from English?

  5. The Role of Dictionaries

    How did the purpose of dictionaries change in the 20th Century?

  6. Mathematical Plainness

    How did the language of Shakespeare become the language we know today?