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3 ways to speak English

Jamila Lyiscott · TED

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About

Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be “articulate.”

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDSalon NY2014
Speaker
Jamila Lyiscott
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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