A TED talk about experiencing life and finding it different from what you are told

People are raised in households full of their family's views. Some of these views can be extreme, some can be just thoughtless prejudice. Few children grow up without being exposed to some judgemental comments about areas such as gender, social class, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, politics etc. We are being advised here to see the good in people and steer ourselves away from the damage that hate and condemnation and even judgement can do. He doesn't speak much about how he was persuaded to follow in his father's footsteps but you should read widely on how judgemental language dehumanises or demonises other groups so it becomes natural to exclude, hate and hurt them - this is the power of language to control thought and emotion and, to be protected against its effects, we should know how it works.

Whose voice? Race/gender issues

This is interesting in content and form. Try and see why the convention they have used of continuing with the 'silent speech' while the other voices their story is important. Read up on privilege to extend this through wider reading.

English as a world language - key topic for A2 and the new A-Level

This infographic is really helpful in conceptualising how important English is globally. Look underneath the main one at how many people are learning each of the most popular languages at the moment (I presume as a second language). Try and read up on what accounts for English's popularity (get used to developing study skills by doing independent wider reading).

Language change - double entendres (dodgy double meanings!) in literature

Due to diachronic language change, some woards broaden (acquire more meanings) and some undergo semantic shoft (come to mean something different). Here is an article exploring how modern readers can giggle at literature written before some words acquired ruder meanings.