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

Yabla's Lauren takes us on tour of Oxford Street, the busiest street in central London!

In this Yabla original, Steve Skaith of the recently reunited British band Latin Quarter, performs their song "Eddie," a song that reveals some of the perversions and after-effects of war.

Sigrid begins her tale of how she ended up in Italy, where she's now living. She was born in Minneapolis and raised in New York. As a young adult, she relocated to Switzerland in order to study early music. In this video, she talks about traveling to Europe for the first time and learning about the different genres of music prior to the classical era.

Sigrid describes her time in Basel, and how she ended up visiting France and Italy as well.

Steve Skaith of the English band Latin Quarter plays "The Spearcarrier." A "spear carrier" is a nickname for a character in a movie or play who appears only in the background, generally in a non-speaking role.

Sigrid talks about some of the ways she learned how to speak Italian and French.

Steve Skaith sings "The Men Below," a song about a mining strike in England in the 1980s.

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Sigrid introduces her series on English pronunciation and tells us why there isn't always just one "right" way to pronounce words.

Sigrid explains three ways to talk about the future and tells us about some of her new year's resolutions.

Sigrid uses common household objects to explain two ways to pronounce the letter A.

Sigrid explains a third way to pronounce the letter "A." For the first two ways, see Sigrid explains: the letter A - Part 1 of 4.

Sigrid explains that "A" is also a very important one-letter word.

We're finally at the end of the letter "A." Sigrid talks about the unstressed sound of "A" in words, and gives us some examples. For other pronunciations, see parts 1, 2, and 3.