Curated Video
What are ‘Complex Structures’ Anyway? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1246
Have you looked at the IELTS band descriptors? They can be hard to understand, even for natives. Today we'll do a deep dive into the grammar score, and you'll find out, in simple language, what the Examiner needs to hear for a 7+ in this...
Curated Video
How to Avoid Average IELTS Listening Scores - IELTS Energy Podcast 1221
Find out today how the average IELTS candidate scored last year on IELTS Listening, including candidates who are native English speakers. Spoiler alert: even natives aren't perfect! Learn how to rise above these low averages on your next...
Curated Video
Which Books Teach You Vocabulary and Grammar for IELTS? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1302
Today we'll talk about the books you need to have when you prepare for IELTS. Grammar, vocabulary, test practice- you have a lot to prepare for! Listen up today so you make sure you're preparing in the best way possible.
Curated Video
Don’t Make These Plural Mistakes on IELTS - IELTS Energy Podcast 1237
Learn about the most common grammar mistakes IELTS students make, so you don't make them on test day! When is a noun plural, and when do we put the s on a verb - we'll break down these rules and more on today's show.
Curated Video
Real-World DevOps Project From Start to Finish - Recap: Zulip
In this video, we will revisit the key concepts and features of Zulip, the open-source chat and collaboration platform covered in the previous section, and gain a comprehensive overview of Zulip's functionality, including its chat stream...
Curated Video
Three-Syllable Words
Miss Palomine and the student practice counting letter sounds heard in various words. They then clap the syllables in some common three-syllable words.
Curated Video
Beaker's Winter Wonders
Miss Palomine shares a new book, Beaker’s Winter Wonders, with the student. The student demonstrates understanding by answering comprehension questions from the story.
Curated Video
AWS Tutorial AWS Solutions Architect and SysOps Administrator - Bootstrap EC2 Instances
This video explains how to bootstrap EC2 instances. This clip is from the chapter "EC2 Advanced - Virtual Servers in AWS Cloud" of the series "AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect and SysOps Administrator".This section focuses on EC2...
Curated Video
Sports, Technology and Accessibility
Theo Wait, Director of Operations at Lichess, shares the unique story of how software developer Thibault Duplesis built one of the world's biggest, free and open-source internet chess server through extensive community input and the...
All Ears English
2022 - How to Answer an Unasked Question in English
Native speakers sometimes answer a question before it is even asked using a unique and super-advanced construction. Find out what it is and how to do it today!
Curated Video
Four Subtle Ways You Can Show Lack Of Empathy
Empathy is key in relationships. It allows us to connect with others and understand their feelings. In this video, I share four subtle ways you can show a lack of empathy without realizing it. By being aware of these behaviors, you can...
All Ears English
1935 - Rescue the Connection When You're Caught Not Paying Attention
Do you ever have a friend or coworker talking to you while you are doing something else? Like scrolling on your phone? Today get 3 things you can say to let them know you're focused and invite them to continue in English.
All Ears English
BE - Advanced Vocabulary to Introduce Examples
Today you'll hear a special episode from our IELTS podcast, so you can learn high-level phrases to introduce specific examples in meetings and sales pitches.
Curated Video
How Playing Music Helps Anxiety and Changes Your Brain
Playing a musical instrument is one of the best things you can do to exercise your mind and improve your overall mental state. Playing an instrument is very different from listening to music. Listening to pleasant music is great, but...
Curated Video
Did You Hear That?
Miss Palomine hears a near accident outside. She tells the student that her ears told her what had happened. She and the student then play a game of trying to guess a variety of sounds.
All Ears English
1871 - Let's Practice Real English with Native Speakers! Wait for or Wait on?
Are you waiting on anything? In American English, we have a little more flexibility than British English when talking about things you're waiting for. Find out what we mean in today's episode!
Curated Video
IELTS vs Cambridge English Exams - Which One Is Best For You?
Let's compare the IELTS vs Cambridge English exams so that you can decide which exam is best for you. Let me know in the comments which exam you plan on taking.
Curated Video
Taking Turns
Mrs. Triggle and Dr. Algae have a deep conversation and concentrate on listening to what each other is saying.
Curated Video
Vietnam's Shadow
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes how the experience of the Vietnam War affected his research on classical Athens.
Learn French With Alexa
Écouter (to listen) in 5 Main French Tenses
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb ÉCOUTER (to listen) in 5 main French tenses.
Curated Video
Towards Historical Truth?
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi gives her candid view that a historian’s principal task is to try to recover as much of the truth as possible despite the fact that we can naturally never recover the whole...
Curated Video
Classical Athenian Persuasion
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) gives us a detailed view of the ancient Athenian deliberative assembly.
Curated Video
A Two-Way Street
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober relates how the interests of elites and the general population were intertwined in classical Athens, and how we might be able to harness some of those ancient concepts in...
Curated Video
Attuned to Their Audience
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) paints a vivid picture of an ancient Athenian assembly, describing how speakers had to find a way to consistently appeal to two very different audiences simultaneously.