Crash Course
Natural Language Processing: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to talk about how computers understand speech and speak themselves. As computers play an increasing role in our daily lives there has been an growing demand for voice user interfaces, but speech is also terribly...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns) - Helen Sword
Few mistakes sour good writing like nominalizations, or, as Helen Sword likes to call them, zombie nouns. Zombie nouns transform simple and straightforward prose into verbose and often confusing writing. Keep your nouns away from...
MinuteEarth
Why Is A Group Of Crows Called A “Murder”?
Collective nouns are a great way to have fun with language and nature. Thank you! ___________________________________________ Collective Noun: A noun that denotes a group of individuals. Terms of Venery: Collective nouns specific to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is there a "b" in doubt? - Gina Cooke
Say the word "doubt" aloud. What is that "b" doing there? Does it have any purpose? Gina Cooke explains the long and winding history of "doubt" and why the spelling, though it seems random, is a wink to its storied past.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: When to use apostrophes - Laura McClure
It's possessive. It's often followed by S's. And it's sometimes tricky when it comes to its usage. It's the apostrophe. Laura McClure gives a refresher on when to use apostrophes in writing.
TED Talks
Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!
In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Buffalo buffalo buffalo: One-word sentences and how they work - Emma Bryce
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is a grammatically correct sentence. How? Emma Bryce explains how this and other one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Betrayed by Digital? : The Unseen Edge of Physical German Flashcards!
Betrayed by Digital? : The Unseen Edge of Physical German Flashcards! Let's unravel the surprising benefits of using physical flashcards over digital ones in your journey to mastering German. Dive deep into the nuances of effective...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Eins vs. Eines vs. Ein: A Guide to German Articles - Shallow German Deep Dive
In this Shallow German Deep Dive, we tackle the perplexing trio of "Eins vs. Eines vs. Ein," guiding you through the nuances of these German articles and indefinite pronouns. Whether you're counting, stating quantities, or navigating...
Wonderscape
Exploring Adverbs in English Grammar
Discover the role of adverbs in enhancing our understanding of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs in sentences. Learn how adverbs provide details on how, when, where, and to what extent actions occur, making language more vivid and...
Wonderscape
Understanding Superlative Adjectives
Dive into the world of superlative adjectives, used for comparing three or more nouns to highlight the highest degree or quality. Learn how to form superlative adjectives by adding "-est" to words, dealing with irregular adjectives, and...
Wonderscape
Mastering Basic Parts of Speech: The Foundations of Language
This video provides a comprehensive overview of the essential parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It explains how these elements combine to form correct and complete sentences, enhancing communication. The...
Wonderscape
Adjectives: Adding Color and Detail to Sentences
Discover the role of adjectives in language as they add description and detail to nouns. This video highlights how adjectives like 'blue', 'tall', 'scary', and 'small' enhance sentences, providing examples of adjectives placed both next...
Wonderscape
Verbs: Bringing Actions to Life in Sentences
Uncover the role of verbs, the action words in sentences, as this video explains how they complement nouns to form complete thoughts. Examples like "Haley eats the cupcake" and "Marcus runs" illustrate how verbs represent actions or...
Wonderscape
Pronouns: Simplifying Language in Sentences
This video explores the function of pronouns in English, highlighting their role in replacing nouns to streamline sentences. It demonstrates how pronouns like 'I', 'we', and 'they' can efficiently substitute for both proper and common...
Wonderscape
Understanding Nouns: The Building Blocks of Sentences
Dive into the world of nouns, exploring their role as fundamental elements of language. This video differentiates between common and proper nouns, illustrating how they represent people, places, things, or ideas. It emphasizes the...
Wonderscape
The World of Adjectives: Describing Our World
This video introduces the concept of adjectives, words that describe nouns, providing examples to illustrate their importance in language. It explains how adjectives can describe size, shape, color, quantity, and texture, enhancing our...
Wonderscape
Adverbs: Enhancing Actions and Descriptions in Language
Explore the function of adverbs, which describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and provide details about when, where, how, or to what extent something happens. This video demonstrates through examples how adverbs like 'happily',...
Wonderscape
Enhancing Narratives with Adjectives and Adverbs
Discover how to use adjectives and adverbs to add color and detail to your stories, such as describing a vacation to the Grand Canyon. Learn about descriptive adjectives, adjectives of quantity, and number adjectives to make your writing...
Curated Video
Deep Learning - Recurrent Neural Networks with TensorFlow - Recurrent Neural Networks (Elman Unit Part 1)
In this video, we will get introduced to simple recurrent neural networks also called as Elman Unit. This clip is from the chapter "Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Time Series, and Sequence Data" of the series "Deep Learning -...
Curated Video
Chatbots for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Build Chatbots - Machine Learning-Based Chatbots: Remove Tags and Lemmatize
In this video, we will look at removing tags or symbols that we do not want to use in our word token development process. We will then lemmatize the word token using the tag map lemmatizer. This clip is from the chapter "Basics of...
Curated Video
Review for You: Participles
Mr. Griot will review participles and how to correctly use them in a sentence.
Curated Video
My Grandfather, the Firefighter
Mr. Griot reviews the key elements to an interview. Then he creates a rough draft paper for the interview he previously conducted with his grandfather. Next, he uses the Proofreading Checklist to edit the paper and create a final draft.