Archive for 'English Language'
Let’s ring in the New Year with idioms using the word ‘new’ Posted by Gabriele on Dec 31, 2013
Another year is almost upon us, tomorrow is the first day of 2014! To help us ring in the New Year, today I am going to present some English idioms/expressions with the word “new” in them. First though, let me tell you about the expression “ring in the new year.” The expression ‘ring in the…
Bryce Canyon National Park Posted by sasha on Dec 27, 2013
We’re sticking in Utah for the next couple of posts about national parks in the USA. Check out our post on Zion if you missed it last month. Name: Bryce Canyon Year Established: 1928 Location: Southwestern Utah Season: Open year-round 24 hours a day except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Cost: …
English word of the year: Selfie Posted by Gabriele on Dec 26, 2013
The Oxford Dictionaries has announced the English word of the year for 2013. It is ‘selfie’. So, what is a ‘selfie’? Well this “new” word is a shortened form of the word ‘self-portrait.’ Selfie is a word specific to our time in history when social media, cameras, phones (and camera phones), and sharing everything with…
Zion National Park Video (Part One) Posted by sasha on Dec 23, 2013
Located in southwest Utah, Zion National Park is one of the most beautiful places in the USA. In part one of our video tour, check out the scenic drive there from the Grand Canyon, eat in a local saloon, see the campground and lodge, explore the visitor’s center and museum, and hike the Watchman Trail…
The other names for the days of the week Posted by Gabriele on Dec 19, 2013
I’m sure you learned the names of the days of the week in English very early on in your first English class, so I hope you know them well by now. Today I have a more advanced lesson on the days of the week in English. Today we will look at the days of the…
How do you spell that again? Posted by Gabriele on Dec 17, 2013
Today I have another post to help you with your spelling in English! I’m going to tell you about 8 words, and you will have to guess what the words are and then figure out how to spell them. The spelling part is the trickiest part because all of these words have unusual spellings…
The many meanings of “gig” Posted by Gabriele on Dec 12, 2013
Have you seen or heard the word gig used before? Click here to listen to how it pronounced. I use this word relatively frequently to talk about work, but there are a number of meanings for this word, not just about work, and I thought it would be interesting to look at all of those…