Englishing
ESL - Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
What are adjectives? They are words that modify nouns or pronouns. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain the different rules of comparatives and superlatives adjectives by illustrating a diagram. He will also talk about the other three...
Englishing
ESL - The Structure of a Short Story - (including plot diagram)
What is a short story? and What do we need to write one?. These are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer regarding short stories. He will first start the lesson by introducing the elements of a short story. Then, he will focus on the...
Englishing
Confusing English: Possessive ('S) - (Easy Explanation)
This video is about possessive's. There are several rules to turn common nouns into possessives. The most common one is just add 's to who possesses the object. Generally speaking a person possesses things not the other way round. There...
Englishing
ESL - Present Continuous/Progressive (Difference between the Simple Present)
The present continuous or progressive tense can be easily confused with the present simple. In this lesson, Mr. P. will pinpoint the difference and then provide exercises and explanations to their answers. He will also explain when and...
Englishing
ESL - Past Simple Tense (Regular and Irregular Past Verbs) & WAS/WERE
We use the Past Simple Tense for actions that happened at a certain point in the past. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain how to use the past simple and will talk about the regular and irregular past verbs. He will also focus on the...
Englishing
ESL - Direct and Indirect Objects
Direct objects follow action verbs and they receive the action of the verb. Indirect objects instead, tell to or for who and to or for what the action of the verb is done. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain direct and indirect objects...
Easy Languages
What Are Your Phobias? | Easy English 52
What Are Your Phobias? | Easy English 52 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices: Foreshadowing and Flashback
Foreshadowing and flashback are literary devices often taught together. They refer to events at specific times in a story. Mr. P. will explain why they are so important in narratives and how they are used. This lesson is designed for...
Englishing
ESL - Paragraph writing - The Burger Method
Do you know how to write a good paragraph in English? In this lesson, Mr. P. will show you how by producing an easy example paragraph, and going over step by step. At the end of the video, he will give you the most important tips to...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices (Tone, Allusion, Analogy and Juxtaposition)
Literary devices are divided by literary elements and literary techniques. In this lesson, Mr. P. will focus on the literary devices of tone, allusion, analogy and juxtaposition. He will make reference to Shakespeare's classics Romeo and...
Englishing
ESL - Writing/ Sentence Starters
Besides reviewing what an essay is, Mr. P. will also cover how an essay is structured. He will then provide seven types of common sentence starters to use in an essay. This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve...
Englishing
ESL - Dystopian Literature Characteristics
What is a dystopia society? What are the characteristics of dystopian literature? What are some examples of dystopia literature? These and more are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer during this lesson. This lesson is designed for...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices (Onomatopoeia, Personification, Simile, and Metaphor)
What are literary devices? In this video lesson, Mr. P. will answer that question, and will focus on examples of onomatopoeia, personification, simile and metaphor. At the end of the lesson, there is an exercise with key for students to...
Englishing
ESL - What is a sentence? - Subject & Predicate (Simple or Complete)
In this lesson, Mr. P. will talk about the structure of a sentence (subject and predicate). He will also talk about simple and complete subjects and predicates. At the end of the lesson, he will give an exercise for students to do. This...
Englishing
ESL Writing - How to write a HOOK (Essay writing)
A hook or attention grabber is the first sentence in an academic essay. At the beginning of the lesson, Mr. P. will list the different parts of an essay. Then, Mr. P. will introduce four tips on how to write a good hook in order to grab...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Nailing Nonfiction – Analysing 'Politics and the English Language' (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
In today’s lesson, we’ll put all our non-fiction know-how into practice! We’ll apply what we’ve learnt about techniques in previous Nailing Non-Fiction lessons to George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’. Using our unique...
Easy Languages
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: a Quiz About Britain | Easy English 68
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: a Quiz About Britain | Easy English 68 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street...
Easy Languages
12 Weird English Expressions | Easy English 66
12 Weird English Expressions | Easy English 66 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating...
Easy Languages
Top 10 English Stereotypes | Easy English 61
Top 10 English Stereotypes | Easy English 61 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating...
Easy Languages
Best Countries in the World, According to Brits | Easy English 74
Best Countries in the World, According to Brits | Easy English 74 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture...
Nature League
Adaptations at Animal Wonders - Field Trip
In this Nature League Field Trip, Brit joins Jessi Knudsen Castaneda at Animal Wonders Montana to discuss defensive adaptations across the animal kingdom.
Animal Wonders is an organization dedicated to adopting displaced wildlife and...
Easy Languages
Top 10 UK Google Searches in 2020 | Easy English 58
Top 10 UK Google Searches in 2020 | Easy English 58 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Easy Languages
Don't Use These 50 American Words in the UK | Easy English 62
Don't Use These 50 American Words in the UK | Easy English 62 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard F. Thomas - Why Bob Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics, was born in London and brought up in New Zealand. He was educated at the University of Auckland (B.A. 1972; M.A. 1973), and at the University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1977). He...