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Prof. David Crystal is just fabulous. I could not stop watching his interview until the end. One hour of listening to him passed fast. I am trying to learn English,and watching this interview was very helpful. Thank you Professor!
I love and moving toward linguistic - learning a lot from Professor David Crystal. Guess what! I am from the Democratic Republic of Congo; wiith French, Lingala, Kikongo and Phende background. But as a linguist to be, I have learned from all the videos that I have to love all languages. So, right now I am loving English - studying at UNISA, South Africa.
I always look up to, Professor Crystal.... you are so genius. All you're videos have made me become a talented teacher. May GOD bless you forever & ever Aaaaamiiiiin3x.....
I’m an ex EFL teacher wanting to get back into a classroom. I’ve taught most levels but really enjoy upper intermediate to advanced level. I taught classes to help my students pass your advance level exams. I found that to pass the exam, students had to know that each section was like a puzzle. Wow. I loved it! 😀
Re language play in advertising, I can imagine the delight at Lidl supermarket HQ when "It's the Lidl things" was put forward as the strapline. Only an L1 English speaker could have thought of that. I worked briefly at a school in France that was using repetition (after translation) to power through A1 & A2 English. I was doubtful at first, but it really worked. Completely fell apart at higher levels. Fascinating observation about the Twitter prompts! I once spent an entire lesson teaching tag questions (in London), then blew it all away by telling them they could simply say 'innit'. They were disappointed and delighted in equal measure. Re abbreviations in internet language, I've noticed French people using "c" for "c'est". And "mdr" for morte de rire (lol) As you can see, I love language, been teaching English for 30 years. Subbed to your channel :)
Well, I studied British English because it is, at least most common type to study in Europe. Same with Spanish. I studied Andalusian Spanish as I lived there. But my first teacher lived in Cuba for a dozen of years or so, so she talked to me like a Cuban. But imagine Argentinian Spanish. It has completely different idioms and lexicons, the pronunciation is like night and day if you compare it to Mexican or Spanish of Spain.
That was great, I just want to thank and bring one point to your attention: I don’t know why the people in Iran won’t accept localizing English, they just criticize anything that is slightly different from the native English language or native American language. The accent should be either one of them, but not Iranian. Of course the local people in Isfahan, Shiraz, Mazandaran (some provinces in Iran) they have sweet English accents Which is their identities and lovely. Try to learn Persian as well ;)
I write "ru" in texts because it's so cumbersome to type on my phone. To write "you" I'd have to press the number 9 three times, 6 three times, and 8 two times, all on a tiny keyboard with one finger. Nowadays most people have a larger touch screen so it may be easier. The period of maximum abbreviations roughly coincided with the period of super-inconvenient phone keyboards. I don't text much so I prefer a small phone that fits in my pocket easier rather than a nice keyboard.
If he thinks texting makes people spell better we are in big trouble. So many young people don’t know how to spell or use grammar properly now. They are worse now. People my age (54) and older know how to spell and use grammar properly.
Not entirely sure that has to do with kids texting. Kids nowadays watch a lot more on screens and talk more with their friends over apps like Discord while playing games or lounging. My hypothesis is that children and teenagers engage much more in audible communications today than any kind of writing, and that's what's impairing their spelling. Stop blaming the kids and young people, parents have a big role in raising them. So many times do I see parents plop their kid in front of an ipad, put on some show and leaving them there. So if you are a parent, be mindful of blaming kids, because you've been there teaching them.
Thank you for watching this video! From 25th April 2022, we won’t be sharing any new content on this channel. We’d love for you to join us over at ua-cam.com/users/cambridgeenglishtv for lots more English teaching and learning content.
Prof. David Crystal is just fabulous. I could not stop watching his interview until the end. One hour of listening to him passed fast. I am trying to learn English,and watching this interview was very helpful. Thank you Professor!
I love and moving toward linguistic - learning a lot from Professor David Crystal.
Guess what! I am from the Democratic Republic of Congo; wiith French, Lingala, Kikongo and Phende background.
But as a linguist to be, I have learned from all the videos that I have to love all languages.
So, right now I am loving English - studying at UNISA, South Africa.
What a great listen! Thank you.
I always look up to, Professor Crystal.... you are so genius. All you're videos have made me become a talented teacher. May GOD bless you forever & ever Aaaaamiiiiin3x.....
Thanks Cambridge for interviewing one of the best and most respected linguists 🌹
I’m an ex EFL teacher wanting to get back into a classroom. I’ve taught most levels but really enjoy upper intermediate to advanced level. I taught classes to help my students pass your advance level exams. I found that to pass the exam, students had to know that each section was like a puzzle. Wow. I loved it! 😀
It always gives a great pleasure to listen to pro. David Crystal. Thank you for sharing this interview.
We enjoyed talking to him as much as you enjoyed listening to him! Stay tuned for more in the future :)
Fantastic , nice interview!
Thnx. The host institute to give us a chance to listen the valauable personality being with us.
Re language play in advertising, I can imagine the delight at Lidl supermarket HQ when "It's the Lidl things" was put forward as the strapline. Only an L1 English speaker could have thought of that.
I worked briefly at a school in France that was using repetition (after translation) to power through A1 & A2 English. I was doubtful at first, but it really worked. Completely fell apart at higher levels.
Fascinating observation about the Twitter prompts!
I once spent an entire lesson teaching tag questions (in London), then blew it all away by telling them they could simply say 'innit'. They were disappointed and delighted in equal measure.
Re abbreviations in internet language, I've noticed French people using "c" for "c'est". And "mdr" for morte de rire (lol)
As you can see, I love language, been teaching English for 30 years. Subbed to your channel :)
It’s great please to hear perfect language! As well as hutch enjoyment to listen to pro. David Crystal. Thanks a lot!
Irina, no problem. We enjoy listening to David Crystal just as much as the next person!
Very informative and useful
Really great! I’m so happy listening such a big personality, a strong scientist
Thanks for the interview so much
Thank you for sharing this interview
This was extremely interesting. Thank you!
Well, I studied British English because it is, at least most common type to study in Europe. Same with Spanish. I studied Andalusian Spanish as I lived there. But my first teacher lived in Cuba for a dozen of years or so, so she talked to me like a Cuban. But imagine Argentinian Spanish. It has completely different idioms and lexicons, the pronunciation is like night and day if you compare it to Mexican or Spanish of Spain.
Great interview.
Было весьма интересно. Спасибо за интервью! :)
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That was great, I just want to thank and bring one point to your attention: I don’t know why the people in Iran won’t accept localizing English, they just criticize anything that is slightly different from the native English language or native American language.
The accent should be either one of them, but not Iranian.
Of course the local people in Isfahan, Shiraz, Mazandaran (some provinces in Iran) they have sweet English accents Which is their identities and lovely.
Try to learn Persian as well ;)
Linguistic" sounds good, although I have no idea about that. But I will be research that tonight.😹
I write "ru" in texts because it's so cumbersome to type on my phone. To write "you" I'd have to press the number 9 three times, 6 three times, and 8 two times, all on a tiny keyboard with one finger. Nowadays most people have a larger touch screen so it may be easier. The period of maximum abbreviations roughly coincided with the period of super-inconvenient phone keyboards. I don't text much so I prefer a small phone that fits in my pocket easier rather than a nice keyboard.
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Hi, Professor Crystal! I'm learning a lot about linguistics with you. Bye, and best wishes, your friend, Marcos.
I have a very burning question that is the question of natives. and non natives. When we teach our language do we need grammar?
No: necessary grammar aren't
Who’s the interview here? I would like to know him generally
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If he thinks texting makes people spell better we are in big trouble. So many young people don’t know how to spell or use grammar properly now. They are worse now. People my age (54) and older know how to spell and use grammar properly.
You might want to check this out, for starters: ua-cam.com/video/Boj8VYzDAy8/v-deo.html
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Not entirely sure that has to do with kids texting. Kids nowadays watch a lot more on screens and talk more with their friends over apps like Discord while playing games or lounging. My hypothesis is that children and teenagers engage much more in audible communications today than any kind of writing, and that's what's impairing their spelling.
Stop blaming the kids and young people, parents have a big role in raising them. So many times do I see parents plop their kid in front of an ipad, put on some show and leaving them there. So if you are a parent, be mindful of blaming kids, because you've been there teaching them.
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I'm American and absolutely despise sounding like an American...