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How to Read Shakespeare
“How to Read Shakespeare” explains how to read a Shakespearean play.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms and Antonyms defines and provides examples of synonyms and antonyms and identifies examples of each in text.
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Analyzing Archaic Words
This video explains the best ways to decipher the meaning of archaic words in American literature and gives examples from famous works.
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Making Inferences 2
“Making Inferences” explains how to make inferences from given information by using examples from American literature.
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Homographs
Homographs defines and provides examples of homographs and identifies examples of homographs in text.
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Chomsky From a Non-Chomskyan
David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, a "non-Chomskyan", pays allegiance to Noam Chomsky’s profound contributions to linguistics.
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A Matter of Character
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes differences between simplified and traditional Chinese characters and the politics associated with both.
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Culture and Meaning
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that meaning is naturally shaped by our culture.
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Are the Products & Quotients Positive or Negative?
In this video, the teacher explains the rules for determining whether a product or quotient of integers is positive or negative. The students are asked to drag and drop mathematical expressions into the appropriate category. The teacher...
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Language and History
Harvard University historian David Armitage emphasizes the natural link between linguistic terms and historical and cultural context.
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Uncovering Meaning
Historian David Armitage, University of Harvard, relates how examining the historical evolution of key terms and phrases can uncover the many sedimented meanings associated with them, thereby pointing the way to deeper historical...
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Character Development
UCLA Chinese cultural studies expert Michael Berry describes a range of aspects associated with Taiwan and China's very different approaches towards traditional or simplified characters.
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Ser vs Estar - Using Both with a change in Meaning (intermediate)
Hola. In this lesson we'll be covering when we can use both Ser and Estar with a change in meaning.
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Quick Language Learning Tip: Associations
Here's a video in a series of quick tips to help you learn ANY foreign language. As you learn a foreign language, you will probably come across a lot of vocabulary and phrases that just aren't sticking in your mind. So, try using...
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Learn Spanish - Describing your personality (part 1)
In this lesson, we'll be covering the yo and tú forms of the verb SER (to be). As well as telling you how to say Yo soy (I am) and Tú eres (you are), this video also teaches some adjectives to describe your personality.
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The Meaning of Words
Students will learn how to decipher between the connotation, denotation, implied, and specific meanings of words.
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Prefixes and Suffixes
"Prefixes and Suffixes" explores how to determine the meanings of unfamiliar complex words by analyzing the words’ prefixes and suffixes.
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Greek Roots
Greek Roots explores how to determine the meaning of unfamiliar complex words by using knowledge of Greek roots.
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02 Spanish Lesson - Present: saber (to know)
This is video two in the series on both verbs (saber & conocer) that mean 'to know' in Spanish. Conocer and Saber are used for different things though. This video covers saber and its uses.
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Phylum Rotifera Part 3: Subclade Acanthocephala (Parasitic Spiny-Headed Worms)
It's time to wrap things up with Rotifera by looking at the parasitic Acanthocephalans. These are spiny-headed worms that are obligate endoparasites. Which species do they parasitize? What is their morphology? Let's get a closer look!
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Google Calendar: How to Set Google Calendar Working Hours
Learn to set your working hours on Google Calendar with this quick tutorial
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Thinking About the Future
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister (Queensland) describes aspects of his current research of how people think about the future.