3 ways to speak English | Jamila Lyiscott | TED Talk

What does it mean to be “articulate?” In “3 ways to speak English,” speaker and author Jamila Lyiscott uses spoken word poetry to share the three distinct flavours of English she speaks. This insightful and creative TED Talk helps viewers learn more about and understand how race and ethnicity play a role in developing language and how these factors also impact communication styles. Through this moving reading, Lyiscott also challenges communication bias and our assumptions about what it means to be well-spoken.