Randall’s ESL Blog is an excellent site to practice English. Randall writes short posts and asks provocative questions (provocative = causing discussion). These questions can help you practice your English. If you are trying to learn English throughout your day in quick bursts (in quick bursts = in short time periods), you can go to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Hello, [...]
Sometimes you really need a caffeine fix (a caffeine fix = caffeine to help your brain work). If you do, you don’t want to be stressed out about (to be stressed out about s.t. = to be worried about s.t.) how to order your java (java = coffee). This is a simple explanation to help [...]
I went to the Getty Center for this video post. I think this museum is thoroughly enjoyable and those of you who come through LA should bathe, put on clean clothes and go. Though you should leave your gothic, moth-eaten clothes along with the Christmas wreaths in your filthy closet. Does this seem like a [...]
Here’s a lesson that will be useful for you in the street and in the boardroom. It’s a bit hard to hear because of the wind on the beach, but it will be good for you to practice listening in less-than-perfect situations. If you have problems, check out the transcript below! Transcript for Real ESL [...]
Here’s a video on using the vocabulary words, ‘hanging out, going out and meeting’. The big mistake a lot of ESL students make is that they say they met their friend last night. Meeting someone has two meanings, either it’s the first time you introduced yourself to this person, so you cannot be their friend [...]