What Americans do for work Posted by Gabriele on Jul 16, 2013
Many people living outside the United States long to come to America for the opportunities that a life in the United States provides. One thing I have always found when talking to people who want to come to the United States to work and live is that they think working and living in the United…
Idioms about running Posted by Gabriele on Jul 11, 2013
Lace up your shoes and get ready because today’s post is all about idioms and expressions related to running. There are so many expressions with the word run in them it was hard for me to choose, but I tried to find the top 10 that I think will be the most helpful to you. …
Footwear – expand your shoe vocabulary Posted by Gabriele on Jul 9, 2013
There are so many kinds of footwear out there! It might be impossible to name them all, but I have tired to think of some of the most common types of shoes you will see around to put together this video so you can start to expand your shoe vocabulary using more specific words related…
Take a virtual vacation to Washington DC for the 4th of July! Posted by Gabriele on Jul 4, 2013
Today is Independence Day in the United States; it is a national holiday in which people are celebrating when the USA declared its independence as a free country. It is the USA’s birthday! There is probably no better place to be on a nation’s independence day than in the nation’s capital, which in this case…
American Dialects Posted by Gabriele on Jul 2, 2013
Although English is the majority language in the United States, that doesn’t mean all Americans speak alike. American dialects, including how words are pronounced and what words people use to talk about the same things, vary throughout the country. Today I thought we would look at some of the different ways Americans say the same…
Summer jobs Posted by Gabriele on Jun 27, 2013
During the summer months (June, July, August) in the United States teenagers and college students are out of school and looking for jobs – summer jobs! It is very common for young people in the US to work during the summer months to save money (maybe to buy a car or to save for college…
Learn to speak a different type of English – legalese Posted by Gabriele on Jun 20, 2013
I recently spent some time reading a whole bunch of laws for a licensing exam and it reminded me how different legal English is from regular English. In fact we have a special name in English for legal language, it is called legalese. You might not know the word “legalese,” but take a look…