3 ways to speak English

Title:
3 ways to speak English
Speaker:
Jamila Lyiscott
Description:

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.”

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
04:29
Format: HTML5
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Original