# 3 ways to speak English

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2014
- Speaker: Jamila Lyiscott
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.”

## Lectures

1. [3 ways to speak English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english/5e77fb8f6ed4), 5 min (TED's player)