How to get started with Yabla...

Lydia teaches us the weekdays, the seasons and the months in English. Listen closely!

Rachel's English: For some people, "s" and "sh" sound the same. As Rachel explains, the positions for these two sounds are quite different. Learn the difference in tongue and lip position, and practice with minimal pairs.

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

Lydia teaches us how to tell time in English. Listen closely!

During this lesson, English teacher Alexander presents and explains different greetings in English and the time of day when each is used.

Alexander Pointer takes us through the conjugations of the verb "to be" in the present tense and explains how to form the contraction (otherwise known as the "short form") for each one.

Jessica takes us on a walk through Prospect Park. She stops several times to point out and describe various objects along the way.

Yabla's own Lauren presents several helpful expressions for describing the weather. Enjoy!

In part two of this collection, Yabla's Lauren takes us further on a journey through the emotions with a variety of examples in English.

The band They Might Be Giants constructed a song with lyrics consisting just of the names of countries, so this is a great chance to brush up on the English forms of place names. But one hint: West Xylophone is, unfortunately not really the name of an actual country!

Rachel gives some helpful tips on sounding more like a native speaker when you introduce yourself in English.

Learn about the elements and the wonders of chemistry in this fun kids’ video from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants!

In this grammar lesson, the function and proper use of prepositions is demonstrated. How many different prepositions can you find?

Alexander is showing us contractions of the negative forms of the verb "to be".