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…
America’s most (and least) popular names. Posted by Gabriele on Jan 30, 2014
Learning how to tell someone your name, “Hello. My name is ______________”, is often one of the first lessons people learn in English. This lesson is followed quickly by learning how to ask someone else what their name is, “What is your name?” Obviously names are very important. They are part of who we are…
Kismet and its synonyms. Posted by Gabriele on Jan 28, 2014
Kismet is not a word you hear everyday in English, even though it is a great word, and I think once you learn it you will like it as much as I do! I love the way it sounds (take a listen here). If you use this word with a native English speaker (or your…
Good luck! Posted by Gabriele on Jan 24, 2014
There are many ways to say ‘good luck’ in English and there are many good luck charms* in the English-speaking world as well. Today we are going to look at both of these good luck sayings and charms. First I’ll review a number of ways to wish someone good luck, then I’ll present some different…