Curated Video
Giving Reasons in English
This video explains how to give reasons using "because" and talk about past actions using irregular forms of the simple past tense. The video covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who...
Let's Tute
Mastering the Body of Your Speech: Tips for Effective Public Speaking
In this video, the teacher provides tips for writing an effective body of a speech, emphasizing the importance of determining a central idea, keeping main points different, maintaining a logical flow, and being clear and concise. They...
Curated Video
Simple English 15 – I don't know
Simple English 15 – I don't know is a video covering the language for not understanding and asking for help. It introduces how to express being sure or unsure, simple words, expressions and tips, learning activities and a quiz. A...
Financial Times
European elections 2019: viewpoints from a continent at a crossroads
Thousands of voters take part in face-to-face and online debates to discuss the future of Europe, with Brexit, borders, immigration and security high on the agenda. The Europe Talks event was organised by media outlets including the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Challenging Language Policing and Educational Inequity
Jamila Lyiscott, an assistant professor of social justice education at the University of Massachusetts, explores the intersection of language, race, and power to understand educational inequity. She challenges the policing of language in...
Mediacorp
Students from Different Educational Tracks Share Their Experiences
In this video, a teacher reflects on their experiences visiting different schools and organizing a face-to-face discussion among students from different educational tracks. The students share their expectations from their parents and the...
Curated Video
Talking About Choices in English
This video aims to help people improve their English and confidently talk about choosing from a number of possibilities, e.g. this one or that one, these or those. It also cover basic grammar, useful everyday expressions, and new...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Public Speaking Anxiety Tips: 6 BEHAVIORAL Tips
Here are 6 Behavioral tips to reduce your Public Speaking Anxiety by 50% (Part 2). When you learn how to handle your fear of public speaking, you will feel more confident in yourself and your message and ultimately be more persuasive.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Master the Art of Conversation (Part 1 of 4)
You will master the art of conversation with these tips (Part 1 of 4). This video shows you three great skills to become and an amazing conversationalist. The Goal of the Game: Get the other person talking. Pick somebody and play this...
Curated Video
Non-Newtonian Fluids: The Dancing Oobleck Experiment
In this video, we explore the fascinating properties of non-Newtonian fluids, specifically an oobleck made from water and starch. By introducing sound vibrations, we observe how the oobleck transforms and behaves in unique ways, forming...
The Economist
Are Americans trashing the English language?
Sidewalk. Do the math. Touch base. Americanisms are creeping into British English. But where do American words really come from—and do they pose a threat to the Queen's English? Lane Greene, our language guru, investigates.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Public Speaking Anxiety Tips: 6 Mindset Tips
Here are 6 mindset tips to reduce your Public Speaking Anxiety by 50% (Part 1). When you learn how to handle your fear of public speaking, you will feel more confident in yourself and your message and ultimately be more persuasive.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Push and Pull of Inequality and Identity
Amitava Dutt discusses how group identity is key to addressing inequality and how inequality can disrupt group identity. Dutt explains the difference in measuring inequality vertically--which observes rankings of individuals...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kipp Dawson - Teachers Make a Difference
At age 71, Kipp Dawson is currently teaching middle school English in Pittsburgh, PA. Before that she spent more than a decade as a coal miner, yes you heard correctly, a coal miner. She is a union leader, civil rights activist,...
Amor Sciendi
Your Five Year Old Couldn't Paint This
Jackson Pollock's paintings have a fractal quality to them. This video explores the reasons this may be so captivating.
Bill Carmody
Doug James Testimonial
Doug James completed Bill Carmody's 12-week "Millionaire Coaches Marketing Playbook" course and shares the value that he received from taking the course. If you would like information on the next class coming up, you can: 1. Visit...
STAT
Ben Folds and the music in his mind
Ben Folds sits down with Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist and musician, to talk about how Folds's brain lets him make music.
Curated Video
English at Work 07 – Describing Feelings
English at Work 07 – Describing Feelings is an entertaining video that explains how to express positive and negative feelings, and talk about habitual actions and events using the simple present tense..The video covers grammar, idioms,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Joe Weil - 'Painting the Christmas Trees'
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
Curated Video
Why is Reading Easier than Listening
Why is reading easier than listening for some students? And how can you strengthen your weaker IELTS skills?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Coming to America - English Learners Speak Out
Immigrant students describe what it was like to come to America. They talk about their difficulties and challenges learning English and making new friends. They even offer advice for teachers of new arrivals.
TMW Media
Numbers & Quantities: Writing and counting fast to 50
Writing each number to 50. Also, counting really fast to 50. Numbers & Quantities, Part 5
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Luis Torres - Teachers Make a Difference - The Guidance Counselor
An amazing Bronx Principle Luis E Torres whose school CS 55 is renowned for Champion Steppers, for putting on unbelievable Broadway Musical like productions. A community school, not a Charter School, not a Magnet School, a regular public...