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Strengthen reading and writing skills, and make sense of math!
TV411 is an exciting video series for adult learners that uses
real-life topics to teach pre-GED level basic skills. Created
with high production values, this indispensable learning tool
is packed with expert advice and proven tips to promote active
learning.
Content focuses on parenting, money matters, and health. Subjects
include reading comprehension, research how-to's, writing to others,
filling out forms, calculating percentages, using fractions, test
taking, and more.
For more information, see the descriptions below. Check back soon
for descriptions of season three due out this fall.
 
Question Man (Joey Kola) uses the thesaurus to find synonyms;
slam poet and educator Stephen Colman illustrates synonyms and
antonyms using slam poetry; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a co-worker
figure out the percentage of her pay taken out in taxes; job seekers
create a dossier to help with their job hunt; and in "Milestones,"
Nashville's auto mechanic Dallas Farmer reveals his struggles
and triumphs. Also Michael Franti of the Bay Area band Spearhead
describes his songwriting techniques.
 
The Dallas Cowboys use football to figure out decimals and percentages,
Agent Know How investigates the library and gets a library card,
and New Mexico's famed poet Jimmy Santiago Baca tells how he discovered
the power of language while he was in prison and also leads a
group of El Paso adult learners in a seminar on the power of writing.
Question Man asks "Where do you put the apostrophe?"
 
Job seekers prepare for filling out applications by creating a
personal data sheet; singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow shares thoughts
on her writing process and her music, and in "Lifelines," a parent
learns how to document her child's illness and treatment by creating
a medical bible documenting his medical history.
 
Kathy Bates reflects on books that have been made into movies;
in "Milestones," a woman from Pittsburgh tells her story of learning
and reaching her goal of being a travel agent, and TV411's "Book
Club" reads Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate;
and actor Malik Yoba shares his secrets on how to keep a journal
in the "Street Beat" segment.
 
TV411's "Book Club" reads Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings; Agent Know How gets the information he needs from
the library, and Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a new father of triplets
multiply his shopping list. "Lifelines" teaches how to prepare
for doctors' visits.
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