This lucky girl has her birthday next week and is planning a trip with friends. She plans a train trip through France and Belgium, and books the perfect hotel in Amsterdam. She has lots of ideas...

Annette explains what colloquial contractions are, and shows us three popular ones: "kinda," "wanna," and "gonna." She tells us where these words come from and how they're used in context.

This is a classic story for children, but adults learning English as a new language can enjoy it as well, especially with the early 20th century illustrations that accompany the story.

Actor Caralie Balcom from New York teaches us letters and numbers and sings the alphabet song at the top of the Empire State Building.

Learn about the Big Ben clock tower, which is to London what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris or the Colosseum to Rome: a symbol of the city.

Here’s another one of Jimmy Carter’s interviews. This one’s with the British film, screen and television actor Anthony Hopkins. In it...