Resources: Notes on Life and Language in the United States

 Are you getting ready to return to your home country after living in the United States for a while?

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Topics: English Lessons, Cultural Competence, Listening Practice

Are you a confident English speaker?

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Topics: Advice for English Students, How to Learn English

Want to improve your English conversation skills and learn the right vocabulary to talk about the great sport of tennis in English?

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Topics: English Lessons, Vocabulary Workshop, Listening Practice

Are you motivated by progress? I certainly am!

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Topics: Advice for English Students, How to Learn English

Everybody loves a great wedding!

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Topics: English Lessons, United States Culture, Listening Practice

It's a simple and straightforward idea but we seem to forget it all of the time.

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Topics: Advice for English Students, How to Learn English

Monday was Labor Day! What is Labor Day?

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Topics: English Lessons, United States Culture, Listening Practice

What is your biggest challenge in English? Could it be phrasal verbs? For ESL students, phrasal verbs are the most confusing aspect of English because it's hard or impossible to guess their meaning and they often don't seem to make any sense.

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Topics: Phrasal Verbs, English Lessons, Vocabulary Workshop

The process of language learning is not glamorous but sometimes we get fooled into thinking that it is.

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Topics: Advice for English Students, How to Learn English

A great question came up in one of my classes this week! My student asked me about the difference between the verbs "to look," "to see," and "to watch."

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Topics: English Lessons, Vocabulary Workshop, Video Lessons