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. 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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Salsa musician and songwriter Ruben Blades talks about his writing process and shares some of his music; "Milestones" goes to El Paso, where a mother enters the Even Start program and learns that she can bring her family closer together by improving her reading and writing skills; and Question Man (Joey Kola) learns some tips for taking tests.

Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a young man write a card to his girlfriend; parents go through the process of choosing a school for their child; and bluegrass singer and songwriter Hazel Dickens shares her music and her writing tips.





Members of the WNBA's Detroit Shock use basketball to figure out fractions and percentages; in "Lifelines," new immigrants get advice on completing a citizenship application; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a customer fill out a store's credit card application; and "Milestones" features Resonja Willoughby from Oakland, CA, who shows how writing a letter can generate change in your community.





On "Lifelines," a son writes an emotional letter to his estranged father; "Dictionary Cinema" explains how foreign words are listed in the dictionary; "Milestones" profiles a San Francisco/Bay Area adult learner, Enrique Ramirez, who shares his continuing education with his employer; "Street Beat" gives tips on highlighting text; and on "Sports Smarts", NBA Atlanta Hawks players LaPhonso Ellis and Alan Henderson demonstrate how to figure out time and distance on a map when planning a trip. Plus, a pop quiz about word origins, and "Buzzword" explains the word "reconcile."




Question Man (Joey Kola) uses the library to find books to help raise his teenage son; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains how to use a glossary when reading a health insurance plan; "Street Beat" gives a tip on figuring out a tip in a restaurant; on "Lifelines", a mother and daughter create a schedule to make sure there's time for homework, chores, and activities; on "Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca," the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shows a group of adults how to keep a daily journal. Plus, a pop quiz about appliances and energy consumption, and "Buzzword" explains the word "stereotype."




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 star 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, CA 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, MD based steel worker, John Deitsch, and his continuing quest to pass the GED; "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."

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