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How to uncover your best ideas

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This is episode 2 of the animated series, “Public Speaking 101.” Ideas change everything — and since language lets us share our ideas, learning how to use it well gives speakers the power to inspire people and even change how they think.

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED

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Gen Z slang is rife with new words like "unalive," "skibidi" and "rizz." Where do these words come from — and how do they get popular so fast?

The Language Counting Paradox

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Lots of languages and species are going extinct, but because others keep getting found or described, the official counts of languages and species are still increasing.

The Most Complex Language in the World

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You are cells. Your muscles, organs, skin and hair. They are in your blood and in your bones.

How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

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There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures.

Top Ten English Study Hacks

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Here's 10 HACKS you can do to enhance your English learning!

Auxiliary Verbs (Part 2)

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Mark explains in detail when we need to use "do" as an auxiliary verb. This video is for students at an upper-intermediate level.

The Saudi Culture

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Culture Day At Canadian College of English Language

Auxiliary Verbs (Part 1)

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Mark explains in detail when English requires "be" as an auxiliary verb. This video is for students at an upper-intermediate level.

What makes a language... a language? - Martin Hilpert

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Dig into the distinction between a language and a dialect, and uncover the history of standardized languages.

How do our brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell

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The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second.

Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?

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Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.

How to learn any language in six months

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Chris Lonsdale is Managing Director of Chris Lonsdale & Associates, a company established to catalyse breakthrough performance for individuals and senior teams.

English Grammar Lesson: Phrasal Verbs (Part One)

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Craig gives the first part of a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of phrasal verbs in English. In part one, Craig discusses separable phrasal verbs. This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.