by Andrea Giordano | May 21, 2012 | Blog, Student Posts, Tongue Twisters
One of the biggest challenges to non-native English speakers is pronunciation of the different sounds in the English language that are not present in their native language. Andrea is here to help with your pronunciation practice with the following tongue twister....
by Andrea Giordano | May 18, 2012 | Blog, Student Posts, Tongue Twisters, Videos
One of the biggest challenges to non-native English speakers is pronunciation of the different sounds in the English language that are not present in their native language. Andrea is here to help with your pronunciation practice with the following tongue twister....
by Andrea Giordano | May 16, 2012 | Advanced, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary
A courtyard is an outside space surrounded by walls or trees creating an enclosed area with an open roof. I’m standing in a courtyard in Graz Austria in the video below Do you have a courtyard by your home? Do you find them as peaceful as I do? Was that video...
by Andrea Giordano | May 15, 2012 | Blog, Student Posts
Today’s guest post comes from Lindsay McMahon. Lindsay is the founder of English and Culture, located in Boston, MA and New York City. Her company offers English tutoring for professionals and students as well as cultural competence training to help clients...
by Andrea Giordano | May 14, 2012 | Basic, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary
What does bizarre mean? Bizarre is another way of saying strange, weird, unusual, out of the ordinary, and odd. Watch the video below as I describe the word bizarre and give an example of its meaning. Can you think of somthing else that’s bizarre? What about...
by Andrea Giordano | May 11, 2012 | Basic, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary
What is a bike rack? In the video below I explain that bike racks are a place where you park your bicycle. If you ride your bike in a public place you can share a bike rack with others when you need to leave your 2-wheeled transportation behind and go into a store or...
