TED Talks to Help Increase Your TOEFL or IELTS Listening Score
There are so many great TED Talks out there, but not all TEDs are created equal. The following list is TEDs that have helped our clients successfully achieve their TOEFL and IELTS listening section goals. This only scratches the surface, and I will be adding more on a regular basis so sign up for our newsletter and receive updates when we add new useful material to our site.
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Art
Tracy Chevalier: Finding the Story Inside the Painting
Janet Echelman: Taking Imagination Seriously
Wanuri Kaihu: Fun, Fierce and Fantastical African Art
Titus Kaphar: can art amend history
Dustin Yellin: A Journey Through the Mind of an Artist
Business and the Economy
Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Dan Ariely: What Makes us Feel Good about our Work
Nick Hanauer: The Dirty Secret of Capitalism and a New Way Forward
Michael Metcalfe: A Provocative Way to Finance the Fight Against Climate Change
Kate Raworth: A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed to Thrive Not Grow
Simon Sinek: Why Good Leaders Make you Feel Safe
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Environment
Monica Araya: A Small Country with Big Ideas to Get Rid of Fossil Fuels
Ellen MacArthur: The Surprising Thing I Learned Sailing Solo Around the World
Chris McKnett: The Investment Logic for Sustainability
Health and Biology
Mick Cornett: How an Obese Town Lost a Million Pounds
David Epstein: Are Athletes Really Getting Faster Better Stronger
Graham Hill: Why I’m a Weekday Vegetarian
Sandeep Jauhur: How Emotions Change the Shape of Your Heart
Rishi Manchanda: What Makes us Get Sick? Look Upstream
Anil Seth: Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality
Wendy Suzuki: The Brain Changing Benefits of Exercise
Guy Winch: How to Turn off Work Thoughts during your Free Time
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Society and Culture
Johanna Blakley: Lessons from Fashion’s Free Culture
Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts
Matt Cutts: Try Something New for 30 Days
Bruce Feiler: Agile Programming for Your Family
Ingrid Fetell: Where Joy Hides and How to Find It
Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, Happiness and Spaghetti Sauce
Adam Grant: Are You a Giver or a Taker
Graham Hill: Less stuff, More Happiness
Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 Days of Rejection
Grace Kim: How Cohousing Can Make Us Happier and Live Longer
Michael Kimmel: Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone, Men Included
Anne Lamott: 12 truths I learned from Life and Writing
Isaac Mizrahi: Fashion and Creativity
Mia Nacamulli: The benefits of a bilingual brain
Nicola Sturgeon: Why Governments Should Prioritize Well-being
Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity
Trevor Timm: How Free is Our Freedom of the Press
Gala Marija Vrbanic: The New Reality of Fashion is Digital
Jay Van Bavel: Do Politics Make us Irrational
Technology
Shohini Ghose: A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Computing
Suzanne Lee: Why Biofabrication Is the Next Industrial Revolution
Eli Pariser: Beware Online Filter Bubbles