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TED Talks represent another widely available source of content that can be watched at
home and then exploited in class activities. TED talks cover a wide range of topics, which
do not only appeal to students but can also develop their civic awareness, presentation
skills, creativity and critical thinking. Not to mention that most of them are fun and thought
provoking.
TED talks can help bring ideas into conversation and debate, make students question
different concepts and put ideas into perspective while thinking critically about them.
Students can also suggest different talks to watch and come up with different activities for
their classmates, thus taking learning to a whole new level.
TED has an educational website, which contains lessons on different topics (lessons worth
sharing) as well as a series of lessons based on different talks or animated videos. All the
lessons contain ‘watch’, ‘think’, ‘dig deeper’ and ‘discuss’ sections and they can be
customised according to one’s needs; also, new lessons can be created around any TED-
Ed Original (animated videos), TED Talk or YouTube video.
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-did-english-come-from-claire-bowern
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