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IELTS Writing Essays 5
Robert Lewis continues to talk about building vocabulary using word maps. Use the five W's to create a diagram to go along with each new vocabulary word.
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #1
Listen to a few sentences describing the actions of the person shown. The sentences are then written in the past-tense for you to see and identify the simple past-tense verbs. Regular and irregular verbs are then defined with sentences...
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Prepositions - English Grammar #1
Discover how to use prepositions in order to talk about location and direction. Definitions of prepositions, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and more are given. Separate prepositions are then discussed and used in sentences....
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Prepositions - English Grammar #2
Continue learning about prepositions of location and direction in part two with Jennifer. Different prepositions are discussed with the same fill-in-the-blank format from part one. The video ends with questions where the viewer chooses...
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #4
Practice forming questions and pronouncing them correctly in part four of Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense. Questions are formed based on the subject and the object from part three. Scrambled sentences are given to put in...
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Prepositions - English Grammar #3
Finish the series on prepositions of location and direction in this video. Direction and location are distinguished with a description and a vignette at the local playground. Viewers then see a statement and choose the correct...
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #2
In part two of "Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense," the reason to use simple past tense is explained more thoroughly. The same video from part one is shown with questions focusing on the reason the past tense is used....
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #3
Part three of Basic English Grammar concentrates on asking questions in the simple past tense. A review using a different scenario covers types of past tense verbs, asking learners to fill in the correct form of the verb in various...
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
A very happy animated boy jumps and claps while "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is sung. A short, simple video.
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is sung and animated while the words show up on the screen. It is shown twice through.
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Five Little Monkeys!
Various animation is shown, from jumping cartoon monkeys to a claymation-looking doctor in this fun little rhyme. See all five monkeys fall off the bed, and believe it or not, all five hit their heads.
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Humpty Dumpty
An animated Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall! Unfortunately, none of the kings horses or men can put him together again, and the video ends with a cracked Humpty looking rather dizzy. The song and animation are shown twice through.
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Jack and Jill
Work on rhyming with your little ones to improve language! The nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" is animated and sung twice in this short video.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Mr. Animated Raincloud is given arms and legs and begins to dance around to someone singing "Rain, Rain, Go Away!" The cartoon family all want to play outside, without the rain, so it finally goes away.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The author Bill Martin sings his book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" while illustrated pages from the book are displayed. Each page is a different animal. Martin himself is shown at the very end.
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IELTS Writing Essays 3 (Part B)
IELTS Writing Essays 3 (Part B) picks up right where Lewis left off in part A: about to examine discussion essays.
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IELTS Writing Essays 7
Lewis continues his look at persuasive strategies in writing, especially as they pertain to the IELTS essay. The focus narrows in even more on conjunctions and logic. Typical errors are shown.
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Ding Dong Bell
The poor animated kitty falls in the well in this video of "Ding Dong Bell." Thank goodness for little Tommy Stout! (he pulled her out). Show this to work on rhyming in a fun, easy way.
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If You Are Happy
Happy, bouncing British children sing "If you're happy..." They go through many motions to get your class up and moving!
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English Grammar & Writing - Capitalization
Go over the basics of capitalization and when to use upper-case letters. A young woman with a whiteboard writes examples and explains. This is a good resource for ELL or ELD students due to its simplicity. One grammatical mistake is made...
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IELTS Writing Essays 1
As Robert Lewis explains, this video is directed toward ESL or ELL students who have to write something like the IELTS essay. He covers the basic questions: What is an essay? and How can we write a simple persuasive essay? Definitions...
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IELTS Writing Essays 2
Robert Lewis again discusses the IELTS essay, this time focusing on the common mistakes writers make. The camera goes from showing Lewis speaking to examples of essays, but the print is a bit small and not easy to read. It is not...
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IELTS Writing Essays 6
Be more persuasive with these strategies! Specific to the IELTS essay, Robert Lewis talks about persuasive techniques, such as using reason and appeal to authority, and how to apply them to your writing.