Globalisation

public

European Commission

Brussels

02/07/2008 - 00:00

Description

A look at how globalisation affects languages

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 22422

Duration

09:07

Level

Intermediate

Use

Simultaneous

Domains

Culture

Multilingualism

Education, Training, Youth

Terminology

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