Ordering out: How to order your eggs (Video) Posted by Gabriele on Mar 18, 2014
Here is a new video post about ordering eggs! This may seem like an easy thing to do, but there is a lot of vocabulary related to this simple task and here is your chance to learn it. Enjoy.
National Pi Day and Albert Einstein’s Birthday Posted by Gabriele on Mar 14, 2014
Today is National Pi Day and also the birthday of famous physicist Albert Einstein. Why is this national Pi day? Well in the United States today’s date is written as 3.14, which is the number pi! It is just a coincidence (or maybe it isn’t) that Albert Einstein was also born on this day…
Life idioms Posted by Gabriele on Mar 13, 2014
Life is full of surprises – so here is another surprise – today we are going to be looking at idioms with the word “life” in them. First of all here is a great graphic from Grammar.net that helps to illustrate some of these idioms. These pictures alone aren’t enough to understand exactly what these…
Fears and phobias Posted by Gabriele on Mar 11, 2014
Boo! Did I scare you? Probably not, but I’m sure there is something out there that does scare you. What is it? Today’s post is all about being scared and what causes people to be scared. To start out take a look at all these synonyms for the word scared: frightened, afraid, fearful, startled…
It’s a baby: Baby related vocabulary Posted by Gabriele on Mar 6, 2014
Is there a baby in your life – maybe your own child, or a niece, nephew, or grandchild? Do you hope that one day this baby will learn to speak English too? Well if that is the case or if you just want to increase your vocabulary read on. This is a post about…
Top 10 American Colleges with the most ESL students Posted by Gabriele on Mar 4, 2014
If you have ever thought about coming to the United Sates to attend college you might want to read this post! Many foreign students study English for years with the hope of traveling aboard to work or attend college in an English speaking country, like the United States. Depending on your TOEFL (more on this…
Quick, make a wish! Posted by Gabriele on Feb 27, 2014
Quick, if you could make one wish, right now, what would it be? We all have wishes we hope come true, but where do you turn to make your wishes? Here are some traditions that Americans have about making wishes. Make a wish… On a shooting star. American’s often make a wish when they see…