# Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English

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.”

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JamilaLyiscott_2014S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/JamilaLyiscott_2014S?play=1)