They argue that the rush to learn English can sometimes hurt business by making it harder to find any staff who are willing to master less glamorous European languages.

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Imagine if, when you were in elementary school, you tried to learn how to write essays by dictating one to your English teacher and never reading the transcript.

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She had to learn English, and she initially knew words only by their sound.

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By the time researchers learn how to make one technology function in a language other than English, new American upgrades are out.

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