The Ugly Duckling bravely goes forth alone into the big wide world and faces some daunting challenges as he searches for friends. After a lonely winter, spring comes, bringing with it a big surprise.

This famous fairy tale is far removed from modern life, but lessons can be learned from it nonetheless. Stories like these are great for practicing regular and irregular verbs.

What does the queen do when she leaves the room? Is the girl a real princess or not? Let's find out.

Luke Hamlet owns a surf shop in Long Island and provides an insight to surfing. He also talks about the different kinds of boards and the equipment which he has available in his shop.

Luke Hamlet continues his informative discussion regarding his Long Island surf shop. He invites us to visit him, if we’re ever in his “neck of the woods.”

We can use nouns, verbs, or adjectives to describe someone's personality. Sigrid shows us how to describe someone with a strong personality.

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

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.

Sigrid looks at the letter "B" as followed by either a vowel or a consonant, and the sound of the double "B" as well.

Sigrid finishes telling us about pronouncing the letter "B." Here's part 1 in case you missed it.

Sigrid explains about the "hard" and "soft" sounds for the letter "C."

"D" is a voiced consonant that sounds a bit different depending on its context in a word or sentence.