Cerebellum
Advanced Spanish: Using the Subjunctive
Learn about the subjunctive - how to form it, how to use it, and how to make it obey your every command. This clip also explores how to use the indicative. This is part 3 in the series: 'Advanced Spanish: Subjunctive and Formal Commands'.
Two Minute Music Theory
Building Music: What is a Theme? - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #36
We continue our "Building Music" series, looking at how composers construct music. Today we look at how motifs, phrases, and periods can be used to construct themes. Music Examples: Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 Haydn - Emperor...
Curated Video
Structuring Narrative Writing with Transitions
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to structure their narrative writing with a clear sequence of events and ideas. They explain the importance of using transitional words and phrases to signal the movement from one event...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Taking Someone Under Your Wing
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to take someone under one's wing" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the literal meaning of each word, but rather by...
Rachel's English
How to Interview for a Job in American English, part 1/5
Learn how to prepare for a job interview in America. Study common questions and practice and prepare you answers for a successful job interview. Make sure to practice for interviews. There's a lot you can do to be prepared! In this...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 7 - The Note B & Musical Phrases
In this video you will learn a new note in the bass clef, B, and get fluent about playing C and B in the left hand. You will also learn about phrases and how they work like musical sentences. The video includes reminders from earlier in...
Out of this Word
Bigwig
Moon gets ready for a school play. Her role is a British high court judge and her costume includes a fancy, huge wig. Max notices the big wig and makes an important connection between the two words.
Rachel's English
English Phrases for TIME
On a recent trip to Italy, I learned that Americans use verbs with time (kill, spend, save) that other cultures might not use. Learn some verbs that we use with time and how to use them to polish your use of English vocabulary. Weêll...
Next Animation Studio
Fair Game
At an ice cream shop, customers are allowed two scoops and unlimited toppings. Moon tells Max the toppings are "fair game." Max thinks he has to play a game to take more toppings. What Moon really means is the toppings are free to take.
Next Animation Studio
A penny saved is a penny earned
Max and Moon are at a fruit market standing in front of two apple stands. The apples at one stand is 0.99 cents and the other stand is $1. Max goes for the more expensive apples but Moon goes for the cheaper ones. Moon tells Max, "a...
Oxford Online English
How to Use Have and Get in English - Improve English Grammar
In this lesson, you can learn about the verbs ‘have’ and ‘get’. Do you know any other common meanings of ‘have’ or ‘get’? If you can, post the meaning and an example in the comments. You’ll see ten different meanings of ‘have’, and ten...
Professor Dave Explains
Adverbial Phrases in Italian: Locuzioni Avverbiali
Now that we are picking up some really advanced phrases, it's time to learn about adverbial phrases, or locuzioni avverbiali. These are idiomatic expressions that work like adverbs. Learning a few of these will really make you sound...
Music Matters
Decorating Straightforward Harmony - Inside the Mind of Bach
Find out how Bach goes about decorating a straightforward chord progression and use multiple harmonic devices to create a really moving piece of music. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use of...
Out of this Word
Fair Game
At an ice cream shop, customers are allowed two scoops and unlimited toppings. Moon tells Max the toppings are “fair game.” Max thinks he has to play a game to take more toppings. What Moon really means is the toppings are free to take.
Next Animation Studio
Hot potato
Max tells Moon he thinks that boys are better than girls at math and science. Moon disagrees and tells Max it's a "hot potato" subject, which means that it is a topic or situation that causes a lot of disagreement, like politics or...
Cerebellum
Advanced Spanish: Modal Verbs
Learn more Spanish verbs to be able to and to have to! This is part 1 in the series: 'Advanced Spanish: Modal and Reflexive Verbs'.
Next Animation Studio
Red Line
Max walks into his room exhausted after coaching the local kindergarten's soccer team because they won't listen. Moon tells Max to draw a "red line," a figure of speech that means setting a limit that shouldn't be crossed.
Next Animation Studio
Strike while the iron is hot
Max and Moon play baseball. Max is at bat and swings too late or not at all. Moon tells Max to "strike while the iron is hot," which means to make the most of opportunity.
Curated Video
8+ IELTS Academic Technology Vocabulary
Today you’ll learn amazingly high-scoring IELTS vocabulary to discuss technology.. Students are always asking for academic vocabulary for IELTS Speaking Part 3 and Writing Task 2. The best place to find this high-scoring, native-speaker,...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Putting Things on the Back Burner
In this video transcript, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to put on the back burner" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words and encourages students...
Curated Video
8+ IELTS Sample Part 3 Answers About Animals
Today I’ll you’ll learn from 8+ IELTS sample Part 3 answers about animals. In IELTS Speaking Part 3, you may be asked to answer questions about animals: their importance in your culture/country, the state of endangerment, possible...
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Fool’s Paradise
Max is counting soda bottle caps, when Moon walks in and points out that he’s been drinking a LOT of soda lately. Max says he’s trying to collect 500 to participate in the soda company’s raffle to win the Robo-Captain 4000, a limited...
Professor Dave Explains
Common Italian Greetings, Introductions, and Feelings
Greetings and introductions in Italian.