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Curated Video
IELTS Is No Big Whoop! - IELTS Energy Podcast 1266
This is not your garden variety episode! We're sharing 4 band 9 idioms to express whether or not something is a big deal. These are extremely useful for IELTS Speaking so take notes!
NativLang
The future of our language edutainment channel? - nerdy notes, head gash and VOTE!
Shape your nativlang! Just about language? Include behind-the-scenes and creative tangents? It’s your call :-) I’ve been listening to your feedback and taking notes from YouTube materials, exercises and classes. Your words go through my...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals - Visual Techniques, Body Language, Text & Intertextuality (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
In today’s lesson, we’ll venture further into visual techniques. Grab your notes as we delve into the finer details of images, including body language and text. We’ve also thrown in some more complex techniques to help you get ahead...
Curated Video
76-Year-Old Opportunist Shows Us How To Live Life To The Fullest - Daily Diversion
There are few people who love a good kazoo jam session more than Darla Shaw. The self-proclaimed lifetime learner, among other things, is in a kazoo band. She is a professor at Western Connecticut State University...
Alliterative
Music & ConLangs: The Endnotes
Solresol, Esperanto, Karinthy, Swift, & Defoe -- some extra linguistic tidbits about constructed languages, connected to our video about Music ( Thank you to all...
NativLang
Irish Words Can Mutate!
Extra English Practice
Learning English - Non Verbal Communication - Gestures
Learn what 5 common gestures mean and how to use them. Improve your non-verbal communication skills with this useful and helpful video. All of these gestures are with your hands.
TED-Ed
How to Write Fiction That Comes Alive
Launch a fiction writing unit with this video that encourages writers to craft their stories with language that permits readers to experience the illusions of their stories.
Alison Neibling
Introduction to Poetry: The 3 R's
Get to the know the importance of the three R's of poetry (rhyme, repetition, and rhythm) with this video created to accompany your poetry instruction for a middle school audience. With detailed information, examples, and digital...
Curated OER
Telling a Story
Junior high and high schoolers watch a short video about effective storytelling strategies. As they take a virtual field trip to the Hans Christian Andersen story hour in Central Park, learners differentiate between writing a story and...
Townsend Press
Active Reading and Study
The difference between an active reader and a passive reader has to do with the ways they access the same material. Review study skills and note-taking techniques with a video about active reading, which includes tips for using...
Ereading Worksheets
Adverbs | Parts of Speech App
Give grammar instruction a boost with a video showcasing adverbs! Gain insight into what adverbs are, how to write them, and how to correctly use the words good and well in a sentence. Following the detailed...
Ereading Worksheets
Coordinating Conjunctions | Parts of Speech App
Find out what coordinating conjunctions are, and how to use them in a sentence with an excellent video. The resource provides detailed examples, a mnemonic device to remember the seven coordinating conjunctions, an interactive pop...
TED-Ed
How to Build a Fictional World
Hear one author's take on what makes a compelling fictional world and how to build a story within it. A series of questions check if the kids were listening, and a compendium of six rich resources for expanding on this concept also...
Study
Pronouns: Relative, Reflexive, Interrogative
Gary, the grammar gorilla, graciously introduces viewers to a variety of pronouns and models how relative, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns operate in a sentence. This presentation is more complex than the other resources in the...
Crash Course
Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7
Ever notice how that pair of shoes you looked at online last week seems to be following you? Introduce young consumers to the world of online advertising with a well-written, media literacy video, part of an ongoing series. Viewers...
Poetry4kids
How to Rhyme – a Video Poetry Writing Lesson
A host details what does and does not rhyme in an informative video that focuses on creating words for a poem. He provides examples and discusses how rhyming makes a difference in tone and purpose.
Ereading Worksheets
Subordinating Conjunctions | Parts of Speech App
Get an in depth look into subordinating conjunctions with a video that thoroughly explains and demonstrates what they are and how to use them in a sentence. Following instruction, an interactive pop quiz and review is available to check...
Townsend Press
Supporting Details
Helpful for both reading and writing units, a video about identifying supporting details in reading passage shows young learners the importance of bulking up informative writing. The presentation uses cartoons and longer passages to...
Macat
An Introduction to Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
When you look at the word around you, it can be difficult to believe in the benefits of living a virtuous life. A video summary of Immanuel Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason addresses those benefits as part of a...
Macat
An Introduction to Aristotle's Metaphysics
Metaphysics explores concepts of reality and being. A video summary provides an introduction to Aristotle's Metaphysics. Clear narration and creative animation help viewers understand the deep concepts presented in the text.