Archive for 'English Language'
Saint Patrick’s Day and Irish sayings Posted by Gabriele on Mar 17, 2013
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day everyone! Today is the Irish, Irish-American, and Irish-at-heart holiday that celebrates the patron saint of Ireland: Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland, which is why he is the country’s patron or national saint. This holiday, which has its origins in Christianity as a religious holiday…
English suffixes you need to know Posted by Gabriele on Mar 7, 2013
There are many, many different types of suffixes in English. Suffixes are letters added to the end of a word to give the word new meaning. Some of the most common suffixes in English are related to conjugating verbs, for example –ed is added to a word to show it is in the past tense…
TOFEL and IELTS: What do I need to know? Posted by Gabriele on Feb 28, 2013
As an ESL students, who is beginning to advance into more advanced classes you may begin to here these acronyms TOFEL and IELTS used more and more. At first these may have sounded like very strange English words to you, but hopefully you realized they are acronyms. In fact, they are acronyms for two important…
Practice English and learn song lyrics! Posted by Gabriele on Feb 26, 2013
I have found a great new online tool (well, a game really) for practicing English and I want to share it with you all! The tool, is a website I think you should check out, called Lyrics Training. This website allows you to watch a music video, while listening to the song, and seeing the…
A penny saved is a penny earned – not any more. Posted by Gabriele on Feb 15, 2013
“A penny saved is a penny earned” is an English idiom that means: money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away. This idiom comes from the idea that every little bit of money helps, but a lot of people don’t think a penny is really worth saving because it is…
No worries Posted by Gabriele on Feb 5, 2013
“No worries.” Have you ever heard this phrase before? If you have ever been to Australia or New Zealand, or met a person from one of these countries, you likely have heard this phrase before. “No worries” is a very common Australian-English expression that means “do not worry about it”, “that’s alright”, “sure thing”, or…
Telling the Time in English Posted by sasha on Jan 25, 2013
Learn how to tell the time in English with this helpful, easy to follow video: In this video, we’re going to learn how to tell the time in English. Here are some things you use to tell time… a clock an alarm clock a watch Here are some questions: What time is it? What’s the…