Difficulty:
Newbie
USA Northeast
Here's a quick summary of the different kinds of words we have in the English language and what they are used for.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
This video explores three more venues for the 2018 World Cup: Samara, St. Petersburg, and Kaliningrad. Aside from the arenas, Stalin's bunker, the Hermitage museum, and the beach are spotlighted attractions.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
The BBC reports on a floating wind turbine that could help provide power to remote communities. This helium-filled device is known as "the bat."
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
We continue our tour of Russian cities hosting the 2018 World Cup. We're taken to Kazan, Rostov, and Ekaterinburg.
Difficulty:
Newbie
USA
Dates are usually expressed with ordinal numbers. Sometimes, though, what we write is different from what we say.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
Russia is gearing up to host the 2018 World Cup. Sarah Rainsford and Steve Rosenberg, the BBC’s Moscow correspondents, take us on a tour of Sochi, Volgograd, and Saransk, where we can see the stadiums that have been constructed and get a sense of each town.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Discover the story behind the latest Nespresso commercial, entitled "Change Nothing," which stars George Clooney and Ian McShane.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Annette provides some biographical notes on Maya Angelou and then recites her poem “Caged Bird." The poem followed Angelou's memoir volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Difficulty:
Newbie
USA
Ordinal numbers help us put things in order or in a sequence. Sigrid teaches us the suffixes we use to turn cardinal numbers into ordinal ones.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Annette recites a poem to help students with English pronunciation and its maddening inconsistencies.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
Have you ever wondered what an escalator looks like on the inside, or how it works? Here's a brief demonstration.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Canada, New Zealand
TJ and Tristan eat corn on the cob that's been cooked in a thermal pool and participate in a haka dance.
Difficulty:
Newbie
USA
Sigrid explains what cardinal numbers are and gives us some writing and pronunciation tips.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Renowned kiteboard manufacturer Naish invites us to share in the adventure.
Difficulty:
Newbie
USA Northeast
Sigrid finishes the alphabet with "Z," covering words like "zone" and "zebra," but also the useful suffix "-ize."
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