SciShow
This Is Your Brain on Language | Compilation
You have a lot of choices if you’re looking to learn a new language, from Spanish to coding, or even whistling! And there are some broad similarities and patterns in the ways our brains process these different forms of communication.
SciShow
You Read More Slowly As You Get Older — Here's Why
Researchers have noticed a decline in reading ability starting in your 40s. And learning more about why this happens might help us tell the difference between healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
TED Talks
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)
Crash Course
Reading Assignments: Crash Course Study Skills
Leaving the bookstore at the beginning of the semester you're probably wondering how the heck you're going to get through all of that reading. Today we're explaining how much of that reading you really need to do and the best strategies...
Curated Video
Acquiring Vocabulary
New ReviewThis video, entitled "Acquiring Vocabulary," shows how to examine vocabulary words in poetry for better comprehension.
Curated Video
What Is Reading?
Howcast - Learn why reading is so important for children from reading specialist Anne Glass in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Building comprehension of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
Pupil outcome: I can discuss the plot of 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'. Key learning points: - Using a range of strategies helps to build our understanding of a text. - Retrieving means finding information directly from the text....
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Building comprehension of 'The Proudest Blue'
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of strategies to build my comprehension of 'The Proudest Blue'. Key learning points: - We use a range of strategies to build comprehension of a text. - Skimming and scanning can help us to retrieve key...
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Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'
Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'. Key learning points: - 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' tells the story of how Anansi and Antelope help and protect one another. - Anansi...
Curated Video
Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and building fluency
Pupil outcome: I can read part of a traditional tale. Key learning points: - Proper nouns have capital letters and can involve more decoding skills than understanding skills. - Sounding out using phonics strategies is our most helpful...
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Building comprehension of 'The Sheep Pig' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can discuss the plot of 'The Sheep Pig'. Key learning points: - Skimming and scanning is a way to retrieve information accurately and quickly from a text. - Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer...
Curated Video
More Practice Making Inferences {Comprehension: Inferring}
Part 2 gives practice to how to infer using clues from the book and what's in our brain. PART 1 INFERENCES: • Making Inferences {Comprehension: Inf...
Curated Video
Main Idea & Details
This helps introduce the concept of main idea and details. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the details and main idea in various forms and passages. These videos are educational videos and lessons for...
Curated Video
Nonfiction Text Features
This video teaches about common nonfiction text features including title, table of contents, headings, captions, labels, photographs, glossary, and index. These videos are educational videos and lessons for kids. They teach and help kids...
Curated Video
Topic versus Main Idea
This is an introductory video of helping kids identify the topic and main idea. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the topic and main idea in various passages. These videos are educational videos and...
Curated Video
Supercharge Scala Future | FP-Tower - For Comprehension
This video demonstrates the comprehension part. This clip is from the chapter "Build Your Own IO" of the series "Supercharge Scala Future | FP-Tower".This section focuses on building your own IO (Input/Output).
Curated Video
Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It?
New advancements in technology are making it harder than ever to tell the difference between a computer and a human speaker... but what's going on under the hood? Is it really "language," or just a digital illusion?
Curated Video
Summarizing {Comprehension}
Summarizing or saying the summary of a text is an important comprehension practice for kids to understand what they read.
Curated Video
5 Reading Comprehension Tips For Kids
Calling all parents! Want to help improve your child's reading skills? Check out this educational video specifically designed to help kids become better readers! In this video, Meggan shares and explains 5 Reading Comprehension Tips For...
Curated Video
Three Ways to Train IELTS Listening Skills - IELTS Energy Podcast 1311
What can you do if the hosts of your favorite podcasts speak way too fast? You'll learn the answer today and we'll share 3 ways to train your brain for the highest IELTS Listening scores!
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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
Octavia Butler
First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.
Curated Video
Theme, Setting & Plot
Theme, Setting & Plot explains how the structure of the text contributes to its theme, setting, or plot.
Curated Video
All About Homophones {Vocabulary Building}
This video teaches what a homophone is, shares many examples, and gives kids a chance to try to name the correct homophone. Learning homophones helps build vocabulary which grows comprehension.