Who counts as a speaker of a language? | Anna Babel | TEDxOhioStateUniversity

[@ahmetmuratcelik6806]

I think the answer is: If you don't need to translate in your mind while you're speaking, if you FEEL that language, you're speaker of that language. It is very interesting because it's not enough to listen and read perfectly, but also you should be able to speak (or product something in that language) really really good. That means you can watch movies without subtitles while you're not a speaker of that language.

[@krissygo3]

I’m a native English speaker, and I still have difficulty differentiating words. I almost always watch film with subtitles on.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

If you think can in a language, then you're a _"speaker"_ of that language. Some people do this with more than one language. In fact, this is intrinsic to learning a language well. I'm learning some very basic Spanish, and still there are jokes some tell me that I just don't understand because I can't think in Spanish yet.

[@ahmetmuratcelik6806]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Yes, this is exactly what i meant to say.

[@funnyhour101]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 sometimes jokes are a cultural thing. Don't be so hard on yourself

[@alanknight4003]

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[@francescogreggio6712]

This raises some very interesting points. In language teaching, race and cultural background are often considered important factors in how one learns a new language, but this is the first time I hear them being considered a factor also in how one's proficiency is perceived by others. It's a point that deserves looking into.

[@christopherharris6467]

I u lthe the same one ☝️ l is llis plto lI

[@alineteixeira8569]

Excelent! Thank you Professor and thanks TED for that speech. I know what your're talking about, I'm brazilian and I have lived for a while at the US (California), at Italy and for years in France; and also as a portuguese native speaker, I know how the accent, slang, idiomatic expressions and so counts on the evaluation people make from each other, including myself, sure. The difference is, when we have lived abroad we know how subtile could be the use of a language and how we can judge and be judged for it. It´s important to think about it!

[@christyjoseph3288]

What you have told about Social Categorising is superb. It destroys lives of people in multiple ways. Clearly language is one of them. Superb Work.

[@giga84]

You should come to Luxembourg where most people speak between 3 and 5 languages! :) Great conference!

[@deborabowlin8950]

sounds so interersting

[@StevenSenjaya]

I am Indonesian and last night I dreamed about sth in full English. I feel like I am an English speaker already 😅

[@johnkellett7797]

Are you learning English, American English or some other variant?

[@StevenSenjaya]

@@johnkellett7797 I would say American English because most KZbinrs that I watch are mostly Americans

[@johnkellett7797]

@@StevenSenjaya That's a pity. English is much richer than the poor copies of it such as American English :-) On holiday in Sweden nobody would let me attempt to speak Swedish as they wanted to learn English and practice it as they had been taught American English!

[@ebbyc1817]

Wow, this talk really got to me in the end. For me, anyone I can understand in English is an English speaker, however I don't consider myself to be a 'speaker' of any of the other languages I speak.

[@krissygo3]

Ebby C same! Except I’m trying to learn Spanish for, like, the 5th time ever.

[@adaleoncotera7706]

I'm peruvian, my language is Spanish, I'm a teacher of my own language, I wanna say that nobody speaks perfectly a language , it doesn't care if is your mother language or not. Nobody is perfect. !!

[@franciscothomas6012]

I speak good English, and many people say that. But I don't feel like I'm an English speaker. This talk is great

[@bloomindoom]

8:35 that's what I call a plot twist

[@Hallands.]

Her name is literally "Babel"?

[@cidaaragao5979]

god make she for be teacher of linguagues

[@krissygo3]

matheus aragão interesante, no?

[@casey18982]

That was what I was thinking!

[@kenip9800]

I was shocked she didn't make a joke about it in the talk.

[@andrespalafoxmx4474]

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[@laurabora444a]

go professor Anna!!! you are so cool.

[@sallysassa]

That was a very insightful talk.

[@manuelruiz984]

English speaking all the times in America. Great speech!!

[@johnkellett7797]

Manuel Ruiz , no. In America they do not speak English they speak and write AMERICAN English. They are NOT the same language.

[@rebbecachunn]

So insightful but makes total sense. If we had more *blind* testing with the variety of what is considered to be correct I feel that students who are multilingual would have a better chance rather than being thrown into ESL programs.

[@filiztepeli1327]

Thank you very much my sweet! I learn everday english🤩

[@gamingwood5233]

Awesome video .. Thank u

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[@chrissy9171]

As an ENL teacher, I have often thought about the last part of your presentation a lot.....

[@MrTrekdata]

Fascinating

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Unfounded bias leads to a reduction in critical thinking abilities. The more unfounded biases held, the more the reduction.

[@manonliavais]

This point of view is really interesting, but, I'd like to know how speakers of a language are counted (500 - 600 millions for Spanish for example).

[@KomTvdelhi]

I do.. I can speak 10 languages including my dialect and can write 4 as well apart from English.. English is my second hand language..I know little franch..bif anyone of you know my dialect ..kom dialect.. you will know lots of regional languages and easy to learn foreign languages bloke frence since pronunciation of A B C are some what similar

[@tikaal]

very interesting, very important

[@charlesluciano9745]

Personally, I think that just saying "Hola" "Hello" "Bonjour" you're speaking a language, but mastering a language is a different thing. In my case, I master Spanish, English and Latin.

[@ltrizzle12]

Thing is, nobody cares..

[@sweetylou9807]

You master Latin?

[@charlesluciano9745]

@@sweetylou9807 Ita, linguam latinam possum loqui bene, et possum legere classicas litteras (exempli gratia: De Bello Gallico, Iulii Caesaris) et audire ecclesiae Gregorianos Cantos. Ergo, facilis intelligendo. Et tu, loquerisne latinam linguam?

[@sweetylou9807]

@@charlesluciano9745 You have strange interests... But to answer your question, I'm learning Latin in school, but I have no use for it, cause you can speak to no one...

[@charlesluciano9745]

@@sweetylou9807 Why it would be "strange"? I think it's very subjective, but if you have an answer to that question... In my case, I learnt Latin in 4 months with KZbin and a dictionary , I don't consider myself as an expert, but I can understand quite easily ancient texts and also I can speak it, even though it's useless. That's why nowadays Latin is a literary languague, same as Ancient Greek and Biblical Hebrew.

[@danielzhang877]

The tower is a literal historical truth btw

[@Hazaltekinn123]

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[@andreat.8078]

2:19 she hit the nail on the head with that point, I've felt like that but didnt know it was an actual thing

[@barbelreuter6117]

All Americans should watch is on CNN, so me, thanks 🙏 so much

[@deepakchopra1707]

Best video

[@andrew1575]

Eso es por que yo creo que voy un estudiante de espanol para siempre

[@wojtek0318]

Lol 2 minutes ago i lerned english and tedx sent something about language are you in my head

[@charlesluciano9745]

@Karan Do you speak troll, right?

[@dasuhatv7468]

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[@sweetgirl1535]

Amazing

[@andrewroberthook3310]

Change the letter e in tower to A and you might see where man got lost

[@manuelruiz984]

Nice. Very nice

[@nur-gp9sc]

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[@alifadjackmoustapha9559]

I like that it’s very very interesting. But I have difficulty for pronunciation in much mots...

[@josephdenton2285]

Great video

[@Human__Science]

What a scholastic question?!

[@leiilo1458]

Not all of us are christian..

[@angela_merkeI]

So?

[@billalovepoint7979]

Nice

[@diegovasquez4089]

Q pasa ???? Los subtítulos????

[@cidaaragao5979]

calma rapaz, o video lançou faz 4 horas, demora um pouco para traduzir

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

Ironic that her name is Babel

[@mickcoomer9714]

Panic. You panic in your native tongue.

[@ShadowManTV]

as a linguist she should know better history of languages but some interesting observations later in the video

[@LOLinsultan]

what do you mean by better history?

[@popito8366]

funny how her last name is Babel

[@jz8963]

mission of life accomplished

[@usnavyvet2002]

Did I just watch an 11 minute long Ted Talk video about a caucasian linguist's child who spoke improper English during an English test and got graded as such? Would the same apply if a child said "you'z guys" or "They ain't got none"?

[@My10centsWorth]

Babel "probably not a literal historical truth"? It is DEFINITELY not a historical truth or event or even a 'tale based on historical facts'. Academics should refrain from using ambiguous terms that could support the belief that fairytales could have any basis in reality.

[@forisma]

👏

[@suwatp]

someone hold the grudge.

[@tsarkaiserking5782]

👍

[@arturozea3440]

😊🎇

[@stanleywayne7261]

Wow 3 minutes ago

[@tmcdowell7977]

Caylie Griswold ❤️

[@thebibosez7949]

I love the way she blamed African Americans for degrading her own children's English language skills. That is a brave stand for any college professor to take.

[@alines25]

In fact, she simply pointed out the difference. She didn't use any negative word. It was you who made the judgement that it was degrading their English.

[@thebibosez7949]

@@alines25 Yes, she was quite subtle about it but for those who remember the ebonics wars her intent was clear.

[@alines25]

That's not how specialists view linguistic differences

[@thebibosez7949]

@@alines25 Indeed - while specialists may couch their spicy views in the florid babel of academia, this Babel's disdain for her own children's mediocre test scores leaked through her attempt to obscure it.

[@sotsialmedia4426]

🤔

[@awake5196]

From my perspective, the answer is pretty obvious: The person which is able to communicate in this specific language without assistance from any other

[@befer]

So some British and Scottish, Irish people aren't speaking English if people can't understand them 😂

[@rezadaneshi]

Anyone who can write a coherent page in one sentence.

[@charlesluciano9745]

your mum

[@iconoclasta2117]

your mum

[@ortegadavid6592]

your mum

[@thearchitect003]

your mum

[@rezadaneshi]

@@thearchitect003 others may have merit to reply your mum awaiting my reply but you're mum for your mum

[@bellapoof8255]

Hey KZbin. This video is borderline offensive. Why don't you block it like other videos that don't align with your opinions.

[@blablabla2847]

...so, I told the teacher that I was concerned about my son scores.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

She looks like she’s crapping her knickers in the thumbnail

[@ijasikku1706]

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[@samwright6715]

First

[@hilbillymnst1324]

Try to be an IT and not be irritated by tutorials with bearly understandable Indi-lish. This is a plague, when videos are good but the only good way to watch and listen is to mute and read subtitles. Horror.

[@KiranKumarManchala]

Babel, not historical truth? Everything that shows up in tvs or shows kicks down the truth of the bible.

[@dragonquest2926]

Even Muppets count as speakers.

[@bagoodman9153]

11 minutes ill never get back . what a waste of time !

[@emberdawn5283]

BLAHH blahhhhh Only Royal's Blue bloods Club 360 know language They teach us babel

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[@marshallsilva9389]

Darling woman, very little if anything is historical in the Bible, no Moses did not live in Egypt nor did he leave Egypt with 600,000people wandering lost for 40yrs leaving not a single trace! 😊✌️ ( tho more Jews lived in Egypt at the birth of Jesus around Alexandria than Judea and Greek was the common language)

[@arsenioramonbonachearuiz6720]

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[@emmett33]

Jesus Christ

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

WAAAAYYY tooo saggy. 2/10 would not smash

[@nur-gp9sc]

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