Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 1
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 1
This lesson for beginner English learners teaches how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how narratives are organized sequentially); comprehending texts and writing brief arguments, informative/ explanatory texts...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 4
This lesson for beginner English learners teaches how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how narratives are organized sequentially); comprehending texts and writing brief arguments, informative/ explanatory texts...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 3
This lesson for beginner English learners teaches how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how narratives are organized sequentially); comprehending texts and writing brief arguments, informative/ explanatory texts...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Using Noun and Noun Phrases, Part 1
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson explains how to expand noun phrases (e.g., adding a sensory adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people and things.
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 2
This lesson for beginner English learners teaches how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how narratives are organized sequentially); comprehending texts and writing brief arguments, informative/ explanatory texts...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Responding to a Question on Language Part 1 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Using Noun and Noun Phrases, Part 2
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson explains how to expand noun phrases (e.g., adding a sensory adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people and things.
Oxford Online English
5 Techniques to Speak English with Confidence - Speak English Confidently
In this lesson, you can learn how to sound more confident when you speak English. When you speak English with confidence, you can get more opportunities to learn and improve your English. When we ask students, “Why do you want to learn...
Oxford Online English
Uncountable Nouns - English Grammar Lesson
Do you know the difference between countable and uncountable nouns? The basic difference is quite simple, but this topic still needs attention. Often, countable and uncountable nouns are different in different languages. Also, some nouns...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 2
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 1
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Oxford Online English
Ways to Say "I don't know" - Level Up Your English Conversation
This video is part of our ‘level up’ series. Learn ways to say 'I don't know'. When’s my birthday? How do you spell ‘miscellaneous’? What’s one thousand and twenty four times forty-six point eight? How high is Mount Everest, to the...
Oxford Online English
Use a Notebook to Learn More English Vocabulary - Increase English Vocabulary
In this lesson you can learn what a vocabulary notebook is, why it’s helpful for learning vocabulary more quickly and how to use it to expand your English vocabulary quickly and effectively. Contents: 1. Why should you use a vocabulary...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Comparing Writers' Ideas and Perspectives Part 3 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Comparing Writers' Ideas and Perspectives Part 2 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Curated Video
How to Write a Hook: 10 Ideas for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
A hook is a sentence or group of sentences that will capture or “hook” your reader’s interest and lure him or her to keep reading. The hook, also called the lead, will set the tone and mood for your essay and establish A hook can be a...
Curated Video
Speaking Gendered Languages
David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, muses on the differences between native speakers of non-gendered and gendered languages.
Curated Video
Perfect Pitch & Tone Languages
UC San Diego psychologist of music Diana Deutsch describes her motivation to rigorously explore a link between tone languages and perfect pitch in music, and the scepticism she encountered on all sides.
Curated Video
The Flexibility of Language
David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, describes the extraordinary flexibility that language possesses to convey different shades of meaning.
Extra English Practice
Learning English - How The 'Make' And 'Do' Nouns Work
Make and do are confusing verbs! Play along with Misha and Larissa as they practice collocations with make and do! Make and do are confusing because some activities and ideas go with make, and others with do. There are some "rules", but...
Curated Video
C2 English Level Test
Take this C2 level English test and let me know in the comments what you scored. This is not a memory test so be sure to make notes and listen to the sample reading a few times before you attempt to answer the questions. Good luck!
Extra English Practice
Learning English - How To Use The 'Make' And 'Do' Nouns
Make and do are confusing verbs! Play along with Misha and Larissa as they practice collocations with make and do! Make and do are confusing because some activities and ideas go with make, and others with do. There are some "rules", but...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Writing: Writing for Purpose and Audience - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...