All Ears English
1920 - Just Make It Easy! Use One Word to Get to the Core of Things in English
Do you ever hear native speakers use the word just? Today build the powerful skill to simplify and summarize in a positive or more direct way in English using the word JUST.
All Ears English
2021 - What is the Difference Between Perhaps and Probably in English?
When should you use probably and when should you use perhaps? Find out the key differences and when natives break the rules to make a point in conversations.
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SkillSprints: Understanding and Preventing Phishing Emails
Phishing is a major cybersecurity problem. In this video you'll learn how to identify Phishing emails and properly dispose of them when you receive them.
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Figurative Language and Tone
Figurative Language and Tone interprets figurative language and shows its relationship to tone.
Music Matters
Can You Hear a Melody and Write It Down? - Ear Training
Have you ever had the frustrating experience of hearing a musical idea you want to work with as a player or as a composer but have struggled with being able to write it down? This lesson is an exercise in hearing a melodic line and being...
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Using Voice and Body Language
Using Voice and Body Language explores effective communication skills by reviewing ways to use one’s voice and body language to communicate effectively when giving a speech.
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Analyzing Tone
Analyzing Tone explores how an author’s attitude is expressed through words and details by analyzing tone.
Learn French With Alexa
Attendre (to wait) in 5 Main French Tenses
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb ATTENDRE (to wait) in 5 main French tenses.
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Author’s Style
Students will learn about different aspects that go into creating an author’s unique writing style.
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Tone and Style
“Tone and Style” Will teach Students to define tone and then determine when it is appropriate to use formal style or informal style.
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Word Choice: Creating Meaning with Mood and Tone
This video will help students understand and recognize the critical role and difference between mood and tone in word choice in poetry.
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Descriptive Language
This video explores the idea of descriptive language and how tone, mood, and imagery all work in conjunction to enhance any form of writing.
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The Importance of Irrationality
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt reveals how irrational ratios of two repeating patterns produces intriguing and unexpected effects.
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The Octave Illusion
UC San Diego psychologist Diana Deutsch describes how she stumbled upon the now-famous Octave Illusion, and how unsettling it was to recognize that what she was programming a computer to produce was not, actually, what we heard.
Music Matters
What is Colour in Music - Music Appreciation
Colour in music can mean a number of different things. Some musicians experience Synesthesia in which particular notes, keys or chords are experienced directly in relation to particular colours. We talk about the Blues or about white...
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Playing Scales Better on the Piano - Music Performance
This music performance lesson explores the essentials required in the delivery of scales and arpeggios then explains the finer points that can be applied in scales and arpeggios in order to generate superb technical control and musical...
Music Matters
Identifying Non-Chord Tones - Music Theory
This music theory lesson works through a short passage of music identifying all the non-chord tones or inessential notes. The video explores the harmonic outline of the piece before covering an explanation of passing tones, passing notes...
Music Matters
Playing Scales with Shape - Music Performance
In music exams credit is often given to candidates who can play their scales and arpeggios with shape. What does it mean to play scales and arpeggios with shape? This music performance video explores how to grade crescendos and...
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Tone and Mood in Literature
A video entitled “Tone and Mood in Literature” which analyzes the tone and mood in literary passages.
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Exploring Tone and Mood
“Exploring Tone and Mood” analyzes the relationship between tone and mood and explains how both literary devices create an overall feeling in a story.
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Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of Marriage and Relationships
What makes a marriage last? And what must we give up to grow up? In Mrs Dalloway, Woolf explores the personal and social dimensions of marriage in the 1920s. The question is: have things changed much in the 21st century? Join us for a...