Build reading skills, improve writing ability, and make sense
of math!
TV411 is an exciting new 20-part 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 episode by episode description
below.
Question Man (Joey Kola) visits a rent-to-own store and figures
out if it's better to rent or own a washing machine; on Sports
Smarts, WNBA Utah Starzz player, Olympia Scott-Richardson, shows
how she uses a day planner to manage her time and activities;
on Street Beat, "NYPD Blue" Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading
the newspaper; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a customer estimate
the cost of a painting job and how to figure out the take home
pay; and on Words Behind the Music, singer/songwriter Toshi
Reagon writes a song on the spot especially for TV411. Plus,
a pop quiz about credit card debt, and Buzzword explains the
word "analogy."
Lifelines shows a couple who are eager to buy their first home
how to read a mortgage chart; Dictionary Cinema explains how
to use a thesaurus, Question Man (Joey Kola) figures out how
to understand the graphs and numbers on his utility bill, Street
Beat gives a tip on evaluating written information; and Milestones
profiles four Long Beach, California students who call themselves
"The Freedom Writers," and use pen and paper to fight prejudice
and intolerance. Plus, a pop quiz about volunteering, and Buzzword
explains the word "anomaly."
Question Man (Joey Kola) learns that you don't need a college
education to read a big city newspaper; ABC's Good Morning America
news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on multiple intelligences
on Straight to the Source; Street Beat gives a tip on finding
government listings in the phone book; former Olympian and tennis
pro, Zina Garrison, explains percentiles and ranking on Sports
Smarts; and on Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca, the award-winning
poet and TV411 contributor, shows a group of adults how to summarize
a poem. Plus, a pop quiz about the US Census, and Buzzword explains
the word "dynamics."
ABC's Good Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a
report on different learning styles on Straight to the Source;
Milestones profiles a Baltimore, Maryland based steel worker,
John Deitsch, and his continuing quest to pass the G.E.D; Street
Beat offers a tip on how to summarize almost anything; Laverne
(Liz Torres) explains how to understand and use the unit price
labels on store shelves; and on Write Now with Jimmy Santiago
Baca, the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shares his
own personal learning journey and how he came "into language."
Plus, a pop quiz about adults in college, and Buzzword explains
the word "marginalized."
Laverne (Liz Torres) shows a customer how to understand probability
and odds when it comes to reading a brochure on breast cancer;
Dictionary Cinema explains how the same word can have different
meanings; Milestones profiles North Carolina based author Elizabeth
Daniels Squire and how she has written eight best-selling novels,
despite the fact that she's dyslexic; Street Beat gives a tip
on learning new words and how to remember them; and ABC's Good
Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on dyslexia.
Plus, a pop quiz about water and the human body, and Buzzword
explains the word "genetics."
