I thought it would be fun to look at some of our famous ESL speakers around the world. The first person I’m going to evaluate is Vladimir Putin.
He has a speech in English about the 2014 Winter Olympics. He’s a real guy with a busy life, like a lot of you, and he has […]
Do you like to exercise? Do you wish you exercised more? Are you getting out of shape in America?
In this video lesson, I talk about my students’ number one complaint about America: it’s made them get fat!
I understand totally. It’s tough in this culture (tough = difficult) to stay in shape (to stay […]
….”that you can live with” is an expression that means that maybe it’s not easy, but it will work in your life. People often say, “I can live with that.” “That” refers to an agreement, a compromise, a change. So, if you want your significant other (boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife) to clean up his/her mess, […]
If you are invited to go out for dinner at someone’s home, what do you bring? Food? Dessert? A bottle of wine? Flowers? A present?
Answers: Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No!
Check out the video to learn more (check out = look at) and look at the vocabulary explanation below for any words you didn’t […]
My question for you today is:
Would you rather have a lot of friends from your country or speak perfect English, increase your earning potential and make a lot of money in your future career? (earning potential = the amount of money you can make in your job)
If you answered the second option, then watch the […]
Are you afraid of writing? Don’t be. Have a little fun. Think of it as a kind of lying (lying=not telling the truth) that you’re allowed to do.
For some people, writing anything in English, especially a TOEFL essay, makes them break out in a cold sweat (to break out in a cold sweat = […]
Do you want to save money?
Do you want a new job?
Do you want a new life?
If you have any big goals, this is the perfect tense for you. You can set a goal with a deadline. A deadline is a time or date you must achieve/accomplish/do something in your life.
The big question in this […]
People ask you about what you did in the past all the time, so it’s important to know how to explain all the details of what happened in the past. Someone might ask you what you did yesterday or what you did last week. Do you know how to answer? Here’s a video lesson on […]
When I lived and traveled through Mexico and Central America for a year (Note - ‘traveled’ can be spelled as ‘travelled’ if you are not living in the United States), every day I wrote in a spiral notebook, which served as a journal (a spiral notebook - a notebook that has a wire binding…wires that […]
Are you too pretty or too intelligent? You’d better hope you are NOT too pretty or too intelligent. It’s much better to be so intelligent or very pretty. In this video lesson, I explain the difference between too + an adjective and so/very + an adjective. See the transcript below if you can’t understand.
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