Welcome to this beginner series, in which the one hundred most commonly used words in the English language are used in context. Master them, and you will be on the way to becoming an English...

Annette is in a park in beautiful Oxford, England today, and she wants to introduce us to the sport, or hobby, of slacklining. There’s a lot of skill involved, but Annette has mastered it, and...

Taking animals for inspiration, Annette focuses on characteristics and techniques that will bring success when it comes to sitting an English examination—in particular the TOEFL (Test Of English...

In Central Park, John finds himself next to a sculpture of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, author of some of the world’s best loved stories, including "The Ugly Duckling."

There are few places on Earth as breathtakingly spectacular as the Grand Canyon. One of the last great American wildernesses to be charted and explored, this mile deep rift in the landscape has...

Alongside the wild Pacific coast of the USA, the Olympic National Park encompasses an unparalleled variety of exciting natural environments, from rainforest to rugged mountains. First, we...