TED Talks Research Articles

Using TED Talks Videos to Improve Speaking Skills Among Secondary Students in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

This study investigates the incorporation of TED Talks videos as a pedagogical tool in secondary language instruction, with a specific emphasis on improving speaking fluency and students' attitudes toward learning. By recognizing the increasing importance of multimedia in language acquisition, the research aims to uncover the tangible benefits of integrating TED Talks videos into language lessons. Utilizing a quasi-experimental design with control and experimental groups, the study combined quantitative analysis of pre-tests and post-tests with qualitative insights gathered from a Likert questionnaire. The outcomes strongly indicated that students exposed to TED Talks videos exhibit significant advancements in their as indicated by the significant mean value of post-test scores between the experimental and control groups. Additionally, the research highlights the pivotal role of authentic materials in enhancing motivation and fostering positive learning attitudes. This research also delved into the wider implications of these findings for language instruction, underscoring the potential of multimedia resources to revolutionize conventional teaching methodologies. Beyond the classroom, the research envisions an education landscape where innovative techniques, such as the incorporation of TED Talks videos, reshape language teaching. By addressing pedagogical and motivational facets, the study advocates for contemporary resources to create engaging and effective learning experiences. The research encourages educators to explore how multimedia interacts with diverse learners and cultural contexts, ultimately promoting dynamic instructional approaches aligned with evolving educational needs.

Constructing proximity in popularization discourse: Evidence from lexical bundles in TED talks

Taking Hyland’s (2010) proximity as its conceptual orientation and lexical bundles as its analytical lens, the present study explores the extent to which phraseological configurations in TED talks encode the five facets of proximity. Adopting a corpus-informed discourse analytical approach to lexical bundles (frequently occurring four-word sequences in text), we aim to describe the popularizing features TED talks present. Lexical bundles are identified and extracted from a corpus of 500 TED talks totaling about 1.1 million words, followed by an analysis of their indexicality related to proximity. This study reveals that, in addition to communicating the lay version of knowledge, TED talks are devoted to both a democratic means of communication by facilitating audience comprehension and mitigating speaker-audience asymmetry and to a promotional agenda not dissimilar to that of advertising. These characteristics allow for movement between proximity of commitment and proximity of membership. This study demonstrates the indexical function of lexical bundles, expanding on their role as a discovery tool for obtaining a generic profile of a particular genre.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminist Manifesto as a Compilation of Her Major Topics

Abstract Her award-winning novels and thought-provoking TED talks propelled the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie into the public consciousness and sparked a worldwide discourse about feminism in the late 2010s. Adichie uses her work to empower women all around the world to dismantle gender constructs, stereotypes, and sexualities designed to enslave women in society. Several researchers have successfully construed common motifs in her fiction. This paper draws on recent studies undertaken by Moffat Sebola, who affirms that Adichie’s Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017) is not only a list of proposals; with closer examination, the manifesto reveals the recurring themes throughout Adichie’s writing. Furthermore, for analytical convenience, Moffat Sebola (2022) selects only seven of Adichie’s fifteen suggestions, identifies the elements that reflect her authorial perspective, and utilizes them as filters in analysing the author’s novels. The main objective of this study has been the presentation of the elements of Adichie’s fiction in all fifteen manifesto statements. In order to achieve this objective, themes of womanhood, femininity, love, history, culture, gender equality, and otherness are discussed in separate sections with examples from her novels. The first section of the paper provides a brief overview of African feminist fiction within which the work of this third-generation Nigerian writer is embedded.

Truth be told: a corpus-based study of the cross-linguistic colexification of representational and (inter)subjective meanings

Abstract The study of crosslinguistic variation in word meaning often focuses on representational and concrete meanings. We argue other kinds of word meanings (e.g., abstract and (inter)subjective meanings) can be fruitfully studied in translation corpora, and present a quantitative procedure for doing so. We focus on the cross-linguistic patterns for lemmas pertaining to truth and reality (English true and real), as these abstract meanings been found to frequently colexify with particular (inter)subjective meanings. Applying our method to a corpus of translated subtitles of TED talks, we show that (1) the abstract-representational meanings are colexified in patterned ways, that, however, are more complex than previously observed (some languages not splitting a ‘true’-like from ‘real’-like terms; many languages displaying further splits of representational meanings); (2) some non-representational meanings strongly colexify with representational meanings of ‘truth’ and ‘reality’, while others also often colexify with other fields.

Drivers of Popularity of Online Information: Content, Context and Psychological Processes

This paper aims to study how people utilize (search for, choose, process, and evaluate) information provided on online domains, emphasizing the balance between context identifiers and the actual content of information and the psychological processes. The study assesses the popularity of online provided materials, TED Talks, in relation to the length of information, user ratings, and several content-related features. The paper employs a comprehensive naturalistic data set that covers the titles, duration, viewer-assigned ratings/tags, transcripts, various content identifiers, and popularity (number of views) of 2685 TED Talks. The results reveal the relevance of both content and context-related factors, as well as psychological processes, on the popularity of the talks. On the context side, using certain words in the title and the text, optimizing the talk pace and the length of the talk; on the content side, carefully incorporating rhetorical features are major factors that influence the popularity of the talks. On the psychological processes front, the popularity of talks is associated with positive emotions and anxiety among affective processes, and insight and tentativeness among cognitive processes.

Comparison between TED Talks and scientific articles: global catastrophe risks

The emergence of global catastrophic risks, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, highlights the need to popularize scientific knowledge, in order to disseminate the best practices for combating, preventing and mitigating ongoing environmental, social, economic, geopolitical and technological threats. From this perspective, this article seeks to validate the scientific knowledge publicly available through the online lecture platform TED Talks. The methodology applied was qualitative analysis through comparison between information from scientific databases, with a systematic review of the literature, and analysis of 32 video lectures. The results point to a convergence between the understanding published in scientific articles about global catastrophic risks and the knowledge popularized by the digital lecture platform analyzed.

Navigating the web of global catastrophic risks: ted talks as a gateway to understanding

Amidst a backdrop of Global Catastrophic Risks (GCRs), this study investigates the potential of TED Talks as a vehicle for disseminating scientific knowledge. Combining discourse analysis with insights from The Global Risks Report 2020, we analyze the multidimensional challenges and interrelated nature of GCRs. Our findings affirm TED Talks as a valuable platform for fostering awareness and understanding of GCRs. In a world marked by uncertainty, TED Talks offer a bridge between experts and the public, enhancing our collective preparedness.

61.3 Racialized Trauma and Emotion Regulation in a Dysregulated World: The TED Talk

61.3 Racialized Trauma and Emotion Regulation in a Dysregulated World: The TED Talk

TED Talks Video: A Technology to Teach Listening Skills

In the development of ICT, TED Talks Video as an authentic video can be used in listening classrooms. The use of real videos in listening comprehension lessons, like TED Talks, may enhance listening in English. Consequently, the study's goal was to determine whether or not students who were taught using the TED Talks Video application and those who were not had significantly different listening skills. It employed a quasi-experimental design. The eleventh graders at SMA Negeri 1 Pampangan participated in this study. The sample was selected by using a purposive sampling technique. The cloze test was used to obtain the data. A T-test was used to analyze the data. Based on the results of the independent sample t-test, the independent sample t-test result showed that the t-test obtained (2.825) was higher than the t-table (2.00) and ρ-value (0.000) was smaller than the α-value (0.05). It was shown that students who were taught using the TED Talks Video application had significantly better listening skills than those who were not. In conclusion, the TED Talks Video could be used to solve students' problems in listening skills. The TED Talks Videos can be used by English teachers as authentic listening materials and teaching aids.

Effect of TED Talks videos on the effectiveness of teaching English monologue speech to management students

At present, a key role in teaching English is played using TED Talks video materials. They provide ample opportunities to develop and improve students' speech skills and ability to understand English in an engaging and informative way. The study aims to assess the impact of using contemporary media content from TED Talks on improving the effectiveness of training management students in English-language monologue speaking. The presented experimental results confirm the efficiency of teaching English-language monologue speech to university students with the use of the Ted Talks video hosting platform.

The Perception of Using TED Talks in Enhancing College Students’ Listening Skill for The Fourth Semester of Health Administration Students at STIKes RS Husada Academic Year 2023 –2024

This article presents survey data from 21 students from Bachelor’s Degree of Health Administration about the perception of using TED talks. The objective of the study was to know the students’ perceptions of using TED Talks in improving listening skill for the fourth semester of Health Administration students at STIKes RS Husada Academic Year 2022 – 2023. In the perception of convenience, the mean scores for all statements ranged from 2.05 to 2.33, which suggests a positive perception of convenience. The standard deviations were relatively low, indicating a certain level of agreement among the students. In the perception of benefits, the mean scores for all statements ranged from 1.86 to 2.10, indicating positive perceptions of benefits. The standard deviations were relatively low, suggesting a certain level of agreement among the students. In the perception of interests, the mean scores for all statements were around 2.00, indicating positive perceptions of interests. The standard deviations were relatively low, suggesting a certain level of agreement among the students. In conclusion, the findings from the study indicate that the students have positive perceptions regarding the convenience, benefits, and interests associated with using TED Talks for learning and practicing listening skills.

Прагмалингвистический подход к описанию речевого поведения ораторов в жанре научно-популярного дискурса «видеолекция»

The aim of the paper is to describe the implementation of the strategic speech behaviour of two groups of speakers, German-language ones and English-language ones, from the perspective of pragmalinguistics in the genre of popular science discourse “video lecture”. The paper describes the pragmalinguistic characteristics of the video lecture genre as a typical communication situation, examines fragments of stereotypical and individual speech behaviour of TED Talks speakers and TED Talks Germany speakers and also conducts their comparative analysis. The scientific novelty of the research lies in applying a pragmalinguistic approach to the study of speakers’ modern discourse practices in the genre of scientific video lectures. It is the first time that a comparative analysis of the discourse practices of the German-language and English-language groups of speakers has been carried out in order to identify the specifics of their speech behaviour aimed at providing the most effective speech impact on the audience and the components of the communicative situation of the video lecture have been described. As a result, fragments of lecturers’ stereotypical and individual speech behaviour actualised by three communicative strategies, the strategy of attraction, the strategy of new knowledge presentation, the strategy of persuasion, as well as and their constituent tactics have been identified and presented.

Conceptual analysis of livable cities in the context of Ted Talks

Today, livable urban spaces are very important in terms of the healthy conduct of both individual and social life. Shaped in line with human needs such as education, housing, economy, cultural and social life, the city and the livability of the city is one of the current discussion topics with its variable and dynamic structure in addition to the factors it contains. From this point of view, the concept of "livability" has been questioned in the context of urban planning. Considering the temporal resilience of cities, the semantic dimension - qualitative studies - and therefore concepts are very powerful tools. Concepts are the basis of interpretation or theorizing. The aim of the study is to develop a different perspective by revealing the measurability of more livable and happier cities and the criteria they contain through discussions and discourses on this subject. In this context, the TED platform, which is easily accessible by large masses today and popular in terms of social awareness, has been used. The content of 65 texts focusing on urban research in TED Talks between 2007 and 2023 has been analyzed and a conceptual analysis has been made through NVivo, a qualitative analysis program. The content analysis method has been used in the evaluation of the texts, and discussions and interpretations have been made based on frequency frequencies. In light of the data obtained, it has been seen that more livable cities have been associated with the codes "architectural design", "technology", "energy" and "climate" respectively. As a result; it can be said that the concept of urban livability cannot be independent of the climate crisis, ecology discussions, and energy efficiency discourses as a solution to this crisis, and architectural designs that follow the technological level of the age, and the parameters discussed in the face of changing needs and situations over time can also change.

Specialized vocabulary in TED talks and TED-Ed animations: Implications for learning English for science and technology

TED talks and TED-Ed animations have been widely used in English language courses to facilitate the learning of general and general academic English. However, little is known about their potential as resources for learning specific academic English. This study helps to fill this gap by examining, from a lexical perspective, their potential as learning materials for English for science and technology (EST). Specifically, it analyzes specialized vocabulary in two corpora, one of science and technology TED talks and the other, of science and technology TED-Ed animations. The results show that, given their high coverage of specialized vocabulary (comparable to that of science lectures), both these types of material may be useful in EST instruction. In particular, the TED talks may serve as bridging materials for EST beginners, while the TED-Ed animations may be more suitable for familiarizing students with specialized words that are infrequent in general English. Also, because TED-Ed animations are comparable to written science texts in terms of their coverage of specialized vocabulary, they may be especially useful as materials for EST vocabulary learning.

PERSUASIVE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TED TALKS

The article focuses on strategies, tactics and linguo-stylistic means of persuasion in such a prototypical speech genre of media environmental discourse as TED talks: the analysis of TED talks genre peculiarities is presented; the two main communicative strategies of media environmental discourse are identified – the strategy popularizing eco-friendly activities, and the strategy discrediting eco-unfriendly activities; depending on the argumentation principle employed, the three groups of tactics for expressing logos, ethos and pathos are singled out; the most frequent linguo-stylistic means of persuasion in environmental TED talks have been identified. The strategic approach emphasises that to achieve the desirable effect in public speaking within the TED format it is necessary to employ the combination of persuasive tactics to maintain a balance between the ethos, logos or pathos components of argumentation and provide a persuasive impact on the addressee increasing their environmental consciousness and promoting environmentally competent behaviour.

Teaching Intersectionality to Enhance MSW Students’ Understanding of Oppression and Privilege

ABSTRACT Despite the growing importance of teaching about diversity and its connection to intersectionality, privilege, and oppression in social work education, few studies have examined whether teaching interventions could enhance students’ knowledge of oppression. Thus, this study assessed the extent to which students assimilated content related to intersectionality, privilege, and oppression after an enhanced teaching intervention. Using a one-group pretest/posttest research design, this study measured the effect of an enhanced lecture and modified assignments on knowledge of intersectionality, privilege, and oppression among 30 MSW students enrolled in a generalist social work practice course at a public university in the Southwestern United States. Using the Diversity and Oppression Scale (DOS) and open-ended questions, non-parametric test results revealed a moderate-to-strong effect of the intervention indicating increased knowledge of diversity and oppression (Z = 3.30, p < .001, r = .43). Additionally, results from open-ended questions corroborated quantitative findings, as several students indicated that TED talks and interactive exercises were helpful learning modalities. Despite the limited sample size, findings from this study suggest that combined teaching interventions including pre-lecture activities, interactive lectures, and modified assignments may improve knowledge of diversity and oppression though additional research is needed to replicate these findings.

From Inspiration to Fluency: Investigating the Effects of TED Talks on Speaking Competence in Language Instruction

This article presents the findings of a quantitative study investigating the impact of integrating TED Talks media in language instruction on students' speaking skills. The study focused on assessing the effectiveness of utilizing TED Talks videos as a resource to enhance students' verbal expression and communication abilities. The analysis of pre-test and post-test scores revealed a significant improvement in students' speaking skills following the integration of TED Talks. By incorporating authentic and engaging content from TED Talks, students were exposed to a variety of topics, expert speakers, and real-life language use, leading to enhanced fluency, vocabulary, and pronunciation. These results underscore the potential of integrating TED Talks as an effective pedagogical tool for promoting students' speaking skills in language instruction. Language educators are encouraged to incorporate TED Talks into their teaching practices to create dynamic and interactive learning experiences that foster linguistic development and effective communication. The study contributes to the existing body of research on the use of multimedia resources in language education and offers practical insights for educators seeking innovative approaches to enhance students' speaking abilities.

Emotional Arcs of Entrepreneurial Narratives as Emotion-Symbolic Work: Evidence from Ted Talks

Emotional Arcs of Entrepreneurial Narratives as Emotion-Symbolic Work: Evidence from Ted Talks

YOUTUBE: A TEACHING MEDIA TO OPTIMIZE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILL

Listening is one of important skills in English language learning since it provides input for the students. However, many students still encounter a lot of listening difficulties caused by various factors, one of which that should be urgently solved is the use of poor and restricted materials in the language teaching and learning. As the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) develops rapidly, educators should take the advantages of it. Educators can use teaching media that provide various kinds of listening materials and can be accessed online. One of the most popular media that is accessible anytime and anywhere is YouTube. This literature review article aims to describe the use of YouTube as a media to optimize students’ English listening comprehension skill. YouTube provides a wide variety of materials for teaching language. Educators and students can use some of many recommended YouTube channels, namely BBC News Review, TED Talks, and Easy English. They provide listening materials; news review, talks, and daily conversation which are very useful for the students to improve their listening comprehension as well as their communication skills. However, several things need considering when using YouTube in language teaching. Educators need to plan the activities and find materials that suit the students’ needs, interest, and level in order to optimize the teaching of listening so that at the end, the listening comprehension skill of the students can be optimized as well. In addition, it is highly suggested that educators invite parents to work together in guiding the students when doing individual learning.

HOW A GREAT MENTOR &amp; A GREAT MISSION CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THE WORLD

AbstractThe author, an anti‐racism educator, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leader, first met Frances Hesselbein at a book talk in New York City by Joan Kuhl, also an author in this special issue of Leader to Leader. The author and Frances “quickly became friends of the heart,” and his mentor. He recounts that “Frances sat front and center at my TED Talk in 2016, and when I did a keynote in 2018 at my alma mater—Lafayette College in Easton, PA. With both invitations, without hesitation she said “I’ll be there” and in typical Frances fashion she arrived earlier than everyone else so she could get the best seat.” He continues: “You’ve got to find a mentor who believes in you. A mentor who wants you to be heard. A mentor who asks you and knows what your mission is, so they can marvel when you bring that mission to life, and guide you if you go astray.”