A Dose of Grammatical Nyquil

Articles in English are one of those frustrating tiny little parts of speech that can give even the most advanced students an immeasurable amount of trouble. If stress about article use is keeping you up at night, have no fear! The following videos, although perhaps a little bit dry, clear up a lot of common article confusions with precise examples and easy-to-follow rules. The teacher who narrates each clip, Jennifer, makes her videos as interactive as possible by even providing short independent practice activities followed by their answers. If you don't have time to watch each clip all the way through, feel free to skip around. Her powerpoint slides in between each talking section give you most of the information that you need, making article mistakes a thing of the past. I bet you'll be sleeping like a baby tonight!

Lesson 22, Part 1 (We explored bits of this video in class.)

Lesson 22, Part 2: Articles Review & Practice

Lesson 23: Generic Nouns

Lesson 24, Part 1: Places & Geographical Names

Lesson 24, Part 2: Guidelines Review & Practice