The Great Courses VS TED-Ed

*Great Courses (thegreatcourses.com) is fantastic. Lots of "crash courses" in all kinds of topics--exactly the kind of thing I think you are looking for--delivered by professors and subject matter experts. Many ways to plug into it: can subscribe directly on their website, there is an Amazon Channel for like $3/mo if you have Prime Video. I currently use Audible.com and purchase courses through there that I listen... Source: about 1 year ago

Source: History of Jazz, thegreatcourses.com. Source: over 1 year ago

I used to have the same problem. After graduating college I realized there was a lot I still didn't know, so I started educating myself. I watched countless courses from thegreatcourses.com on science, religion, philosophy, history, etc among other things. I also listened to a lot of music, paying careful attention to words, mostly in the form of rap music, some of it really fast. That seemed to help me pick out... Source: almost 2 years ago

I used to be really terrible with conversations. I spent a lot of time in chatrooms in my college years trying to gain more experience communicating. Then eventually I got these courses from thegreatcourses.com to educate myself on everything I felt like I just didn't know. Basically any time a topic in conversation would come up and I would feel left out, I put a placeholder in my head for that so I could go... Source: about 2 years ago

I’ve always been a fan of The Great Courses https://thegreatcourses.com You can find lectures ranging from pretty basic to fairly advanced, and they’re almost always broken up into 30 minute segments. Source: almost 3 years ago

TED-Ed: TED-Ed is a website that offers free educational videos and lessons on a wide range of subjects, including science, math, and history. Their lessons are created by educators and animators and are designed to be engaging and informative. You can visit their website at https://ed.ted.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

TED-Ed: TED-Ed is a platform for educational videos that are both entertaining and informative. They feature animated videos that cover a variety of topics, from science and math to philosophy and art. https://ed.ted.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

Why can't she watch the short videos from ed.ted.com, then read English on a daily basis? Source: over 1 year ago

I tell them they need to watch short videos, say from ed.ted.com, then do 30 mins of reading English, reading out loud to themselves. I say do this daily and ask about words unknown, or contexts, and see what happens. The ones who really want to learn come back speaking better english, after a while of course. Those that don't bother helping themselves make little to no progress. I lay it out from the start that... Source: almost 2 years ago

I plan to supplement the lessons with material from https://ed.ted.com. Source: about 2 years ago