Name: 3 ways to speak English
Uploaded: 2014-06-19T15:00:11Z
Duration: 4 min 15 s
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.”

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.”

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English

3 ways to speak English

Embracing all three languages - home, school, friends - as equals defies the notion of 'broken English,' celebrating linguistic diversity.

Mastering three English dialects, a poet explores the power and identity shaped by language, challenging linguistic stereotypes.

Celebrating linguistic diversity, she underscores the equivalence of dialects, whether standard English or 'broken' forms.