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English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
The Open University
24 episodes
9 months ago
How has the English language influenced your life? How would you define your relationship with English? In this collection these questions are explored by Poet Benjamin Zephaniah, writer Sindiwe Magona, and author Jung Chang amongst others. They discuss the impact of the language; and describe the part English has played in their life. For many of us the language can broaden experiences and opportunities, for others it can create obstacles and become a hindrance. How often do you change they way you speak to adapt to different environments or accommodate other peoples assumptions? Can we get an insight into who people are by how the use grammar and pronounce words? In a series of conversations we’re given access to the varying perspectives on the English language from a range of personal experiences. This material forms part of The Open University course U214 Worlds of English.
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How has the English language influenced your life? How would you define your relationship with English? In this collection these questions are explored by Poet Benjamin Zephaniah, writer Sindiwe Magona, and author Jung Chang amongst others. They discuss the impact of the language; and describe the part English has played in their life. For many of us the language can broaden experiences and opportunities, for others it can create obstacles and become a hindrance. How often do you change they way you speak to adapt to different environments or accommodate other peoples assumptions? Can we get an insight into who people are by how the use grammar and pronounce words? In a series of conversations we’re given access to the varying perspectives on the English language from a range of personal experiences. This material forms part of The Open University course U214 Worlds of English.
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English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah describes his love for the organic nature of English language.
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14 years ago
3 minutes 24 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah describes his love for the organic nature of English language.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Colin Goh
Colin Goh explains how English influenced his life growing up in Singapore.
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14 years ago
2 minutes 27 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Colin Goh
Colin Goh explains how English influenced his life growing up in Singapore.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Derek Simpson
Derek Simpson discusses how growing up in a working class area changed his accent.
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14 years ago
1 minute 42 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Derek Simpson
Derek Simpson discusses how growing up in a working class area changed his accent.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Garth Judd
Garth Judd describes his experience adapting his accent to accommodate different environments.
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14 years ago
3 minutes 22 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Garth Judd
Garth Judd describes his experience adapting his accent to accommodate different environments.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Jennifer Childs
Jennifer Childs explains how she's inherited elements of her mothers speaking habits.
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14 years ago
1 minute 47 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Jennifer Childs
Jennifer Childs explains how she's inherited elements of her mothers speaking habits.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Jung Chang
Jung Chang considers the experience of growing up under Mao and how that affected her access to English.
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14 years ago
6 minutes 44 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Jung Chang
Jung Chang considers the experience of growing up under Mao and how that affected her access to English.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Li Xing
Li Xing describes her relationship with the English language and how it altered her career.
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14 years ago
3 minutes 11 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Li Xing
Li Xing describes her relationship with the English language and how it altered her career.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Megumi Kato Inman
Megumi Kato Inman debates the benefits and obstacles of belonging to different cultures.
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14 years ago
4 minutes 16 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Megumi Kato Inman
Megumi Kato Inman debates the benefits and obstacles of belonging to different cultures.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Najabulo Ndebele
Najabulo Ndebele explains as a child he was unaware that English was a bi-product of colonialism.
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14 years ago
3 minutes 22 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Najabulo Ndebele
Najabulo Ndebele explains as a child he was unaware that English was a bi-product of colonialism.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Roline Salomons
Roline Salomons talks about how young she was when she was exposed to English.
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14 years ago
1 minute 57 seconds

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
Transcript -- Roline Salomons
Roline Salomons talks about how young she was when she was exposed to English.
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14 years ago

English: Personal Experiences - for iPod/iPhone
How has the English language influenced your life? How would you define your relationship with English? In this collection these questions are explored by Poet Benjamin Zephaniah, writer Sindiwe Magona, and author Jung Chang amongst others. They discuss the impact of the language; and describe the part English has played in their life. For many of us the language can broaden experiences and opportunities, for others it can create obstacles and become a hindrance. How often do you change they way you speak to adapt to different environments or accommodate other peoples assumptions? Can we get an insight into who people are by how the use grammar and pronounce words? In a series of conversations we’re given access to the varying perspectives on the English language from a range of personal experiences. This material forms part of The Open University course U214 Worlds of English.