International Education: INTERPRETATION

Now playing: Chair remarks

(15 Oct 2014, 12:59)

Saul Nassé, Chief Executive of Cambridge English Language Assessment, previously Controller of BBC Learning, talks about the the power of English and the importance of relevant and timely digital content.

Chair remarks

Saul Nassé, Chief Executive, Cambridge English Language Assessment.
Now playing: Education policies and practices in the USA

(15 Oct 2014, 17:24)

Marc Tucker of NCEE gives a history lesson on the education system in the USA: "Countries will survive and prosper only if they provide for almost all their kids a kind and quality of education that up to now they have provided only to their elites."

Education policies and practices in...

Marc Tucker, President and CEO, National Center on Education and the Economy, USA.
Now playing: The role of English language in international education

(15 Oct 2014, 14:54)

David Graddol, Director of The English Company (UK) Ltd, illustrates how protesting students in Hong Kong are using English to communicate their agenda to the world.

The role of English language in int...

Dr David Graddol, Director, The English Company (UK) Ltd.
Now playing: Q and A

(15 Oct 2014, 11:52)

"Do governments see international education as a threat?" "How do you measure soft skills?" Marc Tucker and David Graddol respond.

Q and A

Speakers take questions from the floor and from colleagues in India, Johannesburg and Egypt.