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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.

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Season One Episodes 101-110 | Season Two Episodes 111-120 | Season Three Episodes 121-130




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.




Question Man shows viewers the right way to take a phone message; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a pair of shoppers get the best deal when buying a TV; New York-based pop/rock band BETTY teaches homonyms; a group of job seekers learn how to craft their resume; and "Milestones" puts the focus on Pat Blackwell of Indiana who explains how going to school later in life enabled her to become a nurse and support her family.




Late Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner introduces champion ice skaters Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner who use their talent to calculate an average; animated segment "Dictionary Cinema" shows you how to look up a word; "Milestones" features New York artist Esperanza Cortez who shares her battle with dyslexia.

 



Job seekers work on writing noteworthy cover letters; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a shopper deal with diabetes and food labels; and "Dictionary Cinema" shows you how to look up a word that you do not know how to spell.




Agent Know How uses the library's computer to look up a book; a parent tells of the joy of reading to his kids and gives you tips on how to do it well; and TV411's "Book Club" reads Angela's Ashes and meets the book's Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Frank McCourt.

 




A young couple from Seattle with credit card debt visits a credit counselor to create a budget, learn how to clip coupons, and manage their money; "America's Smartest Moves," hosted by America's Funniest Videos star John Fugelsang looks at the fine print on those "too good to be true" credit card offers; in a commercial parody "Rip Off" looks critically at a television offer; and "Book Club" puts the spotlight on Studs Terkel who reads from hs book Working.

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