It’s time to prepare for her weekend in Amsterdam. Our friend packs her clothes, toiletry bag, things to read, and a few other essentials. Will she need an umbrella?

Watch this video featuring Alexander Pointer to learn the many ways of greeting people in English.

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.

Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!

Julia and Rachael are young American women living in Berlin. Maggie, a friend of theirs from the United States, is coming for a visit. They are pretty excited about Maggie's arrival.

Julia hast just completed her studies in marketing and is in search of her first real job. In this clip, she contacts a company that's in need of a marketing professional. Watch and see how she...