What if English was the only language? | Fatima Djalalova | TEDxYouth@TashkentIntlSchool скачать в хорошем качестве

What if English was the only language? | Fatima Djalalova | TEDxYouth@TashkentIntlSchool

Fatima starts her inspiring talk with Sujata Bhatt’s thought-provoking poem “Search for My Tongue” reciting the second section in Gujarati. She continues by exploring the internal conflict she feels about the possibility of losing her cultural and linguistic identity, specifically the fear of forgetting her mother tongues, Russian and Uzbek, while studying in an English dominated environment. Coming across a map of endangered languages made Fatima realize that each language represents a unique culture with its own values and traditions. What if her mother tongues were on this map? What would be lost and how would she feel? Fatima encourages us all to maintain our mother tongues and celebrate the beauty of linguistic diversity. This talk was also presented at the recent ECIS Multilingual Learning in International Education Conference in London. My name is Fatima and I am from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. I spend most of my free time reading literature, and writing stories, poetry and book reviews for my blog (instagram.com/fatimareviews and fatimerviews.wordpress.com). I am fluent in Russian and English, because I was taught in these languages at school. Wishing to read German authors in the original, I also started learning German three years ago. Currently I am focused on improving my proficiency in Uzbek since studying at an international school made me realize the importance of speaking my mother tongue. Being passionate about languages, I decided to give a talk that would emphasize the role of languages in shaping our identity and community by inviting listeners to explore what is lost with the death of languages. That is why my talk is titled 'What if English Was the Only Language?' I hope my talk will unite all of us in celebrating the beauty of linguistic diversity! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx