Peg Harris shows off her cozy New York City art studio and some of the tools she works with as a painter and printmaker.

Peg Harris shows us some of her work, including several paintings of the Union Square Market in New York City.

Peg tells us about oil pastels, which she loves using. She then goes on to show us her workbench, with its cubbies and drawers of different kinds.

Retired interior designer Peg Harris explains a bit about what that profession is all about.

Common idiomatic expressions are the subject of this first of two video clips. Listen closely and then try a few of them out. Have fun and at the same time spice up your command of English!

Come and learn some English phrases in a fun and interesting way! This video will show you when and how to use them.

Caralie demonstrates the use of 12 useful, everyday verbs. Do you know them all?

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

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

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.

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

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

Julia will take you through the basic functions of Yabla, including video playback, captions, and games. Enjoy!

What exactly is it that makes Yabla such a fun and effective language learning tool? Amy explains what she enjoys about using Yabla, and how we can gain the most from the experience.

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.