Words
Questions
1. What are your favourite English words?
2. Are you good with words?
3. How often do you look in the dictionary for the meaning of a word?
4. How would you describe yourself in three words?
5. How often is a word on the tip of your tongue?
6. What would you like your last words to be?
7. Is it true that actions speak louder than words?
8. “One picture is worth ten thousand words.” Do you agree?
Videos
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don’t converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she
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knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. “Go out, talk to people, listen to people,” she says. “And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed.”
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Category: Psychology
As simple as it seems, it’s often impossible to accurately translate the word you without knowing a lot more about the situation where it’s being said. Krystian Aparta describes the specific reasons why it can be difficult,
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citing examples from many different languages.
Lesson by Krystian Aparta, animation by Avi Ofer.
Lesson by Krystian Aparta, animation by Avi Ofer.
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Category: Education & Language
Pop quiz. Try pronouncing the following. Ready? Go. Elucubrate. Smaragdine. Scherenschnitte. Head scratchers, huh? Not for Jacques Bailly. As the official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he can tackle
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any word thrown at him. He started his wordsmith career as the 1980 spelling bee champion. These days, Jacques feels the heat of etymological battle from the other side of the mic.
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Category: Education & Language