Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Using Specific Language for Writing and Speaking, Part 2
This lesson demonstrates to English Learners how the use of specific words such as apple and banana vs. just fruit can make a sentence more descriptive. It also reviews the use of prefixes such as un-, re- and mis-.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Analyzing Language Choices, Part 2
This video for beginner English learners covers choosing language or words to provide more detail and better understanding of the situation when speaking or writing.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 1
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Juline Anquetin Rault - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - France
Even as a child, Juline Anquetin Rault knew she wanted to become a teacher, but there was a time when she doubted whether her dream would come true. When she took the national exam to become a history and geography teacher, she ranked...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Reading and Viewing Closely, Part 1
This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yonty Friesem - Leadership in Digital Media Literacy
Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem is the Associate Director at the Media Education Lab and an Assistant Professor of multimedia production faculty at the department of communication, Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Using Verbs and Verb Phrases, Part 5
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD video covers how to use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g, past, present, future, simple progressive) appropriate to the text type and discipline (e.g., simple past and...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Writing
This lesson shows beginner level English learners how to create paragraphs using sentences on the same topic or idea and how to organize sentences in the paragraph by using “first”, “next”, “then”, “after”,” that” and “finally”.
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Language Function and Construction: Using Verbs and Verb Phrases, Part 3
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD video covers how to use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g, past, present, future, simple progressive) appropriate to the text type and discipline (e.g., simple past and...
Super Geek Heroes
Vicky's Violet Vowels Mission
It’s a sunny day at Super School and Vicky Voice is very excited. She’s been practising the alphabet. Today, she will recite all the letters of the alphabet in front of her classmates. Something is wrong! Can Vicky and the Super Geek...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Presenting, Part 1
This lesson for beginner English learners focuses on formal and informal presentation skills: Providing information to friends, using eye contact, presenting a familiar topic, informal or formal presentation language based on the setting.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 2
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Adapting Language Choices (Register), Part 4
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners teaches how to use different registers based on who we are speaking with such as a teacher or adult vs. friends or family.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Reading and Viewing Closely, Part 2
This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Adapting Language Choices (Register), Part 1
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners teaches how to use different registers based on who we are speaking with such as a teacher or adult vs. friends or family.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Susannah Richards - Ignite, Delight and Cultivate
Susannah Richards, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at Eastern Connecticut State University where she teaches courses in English Language Arts and Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She earned a PhD in Educational...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Using Specific Language for Writing and Speaking, Part 1
This lesson demonstrates to English Learners how the use of specific words such as apple and banana vs. just fruit can make a sentence more descriptive. It also reviews the use of prefixes such as un-, re- and mis-.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Offering Opinions, Negotiating, and Persuading, Part 1
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners covers a variety of collaborative listening and speaking topics: Offering and justifying opinions, negotiating with and persuading others in communicative exchanges.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Offering Opinions, Negotiating, and Persuading, Part 3
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners covers a variety of collaborative listening and speaking topics: Offering and justifying opinions, negotiating with and persuading others in communicative exchanges.
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 2
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 4
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Justifying and Arguing
This lesson for beginner English learners covers: Offering our opinion or letting others know how we think and feel; Identifying key phrases used in this context such as " I think", "I like", "I believe". Using modals such as “can”,...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Adapting Language Choices (Register), Part 2
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners teaches how to use different registers based on who we are speaking with such as a teacher or adult vs. friends or family.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Offering Opinions, Negotiating, and Persuading, Part 2
This standards-based lesson for beginner level English learners covers a variety of collaborative listening and speaking topics: Offering and justifying opinions, negotiating with and persuading others in communicative exchanges.