Jay Walker on the world's English mania

A TED video that does an excellent job of explaining the motivation behind my ESL Reader web service. Enjoy the video and then try the service by clicking on the ESL Reader link!

Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.

[If you are having problems viewing the video below, here is the link to the video on TED.com.]

Use of analytics for a good cause

The site is somewhat new, so we will have to wait a bit to see how well it works. I guess their stats may be currently skewed due to the likely places where the site is likely to have spread (they should really adjust for where most of their traffic comes from), but I am hoping to see more realistic numbers over time.

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