Archive for February, 2014
Bryce Canyon National Park Video Tour Posted by sasha on Feb 9, 2014
Explore Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah in this short video tour. Learn about the amazing “hoodoo” rock formations and check out some of the viewpoints and hikes that you can enjoy here. “It’s only a 2-hour drive from Zion to Bryce Canyon National Park. There’s some beautiful scenery along the way. To start your…
Winter Olympic Sports Posted by Gabriele on Feb 6, 2014
Let’s learn the names of all the Winter Olympic sports and also learn a little bit about each sport! If you do this, when you are watching the games over the next weeks you can practice your English, by quizzing yourself on these new vocabulary words. These are the sports represented in the 2014 Winter…
It’s time…for the Winter Olympics! Posted by Gabriele on Feb 4, 2014
The Winter Olympics are coming so let’s get ready! My next 3 posts are intended to help get you in the spirit for the Winter Olympic Games. This first post will be about the games themselves; then we will look at the sports that are featured in the Winter Olympic; and finally we will look…
Bundle up it is going to be a cold one out there – verbs for winter Posted by Gabriele on Feb 3, 2014
It has been a cold winter so far this year in the United States with many winter storms, and it seems like the storms just keep coming! This makes it the perfect time to review some winter weather vocabulary. Today we are going to focus just on verbs that are used in the winter…
Groundhog Day – it’s today! Posted by Gabriele on Feb 2, 2014
Today is a good day to ask: what is a groundhog and why does it have its own holiday in the in United States? First of all, a groundhog is small furry, four-legged rodent that makes its home in the ground. Groundhogs don’t really have their own holiday in the United States, but they…