Yabla's own lovely guide Zara takes us on a guided tour of the Camden Town market, a popular shopping district in North London. She visits several stalls and asks the merchants about their wares. Enjoy!

Why is it in English that eggplant has no egg in it, nor is there any ham in hamburger? Similarly, quicksand isn't quick at all and pineapple contains neither bits of pine nor apple? In this clip, Lauren has fun with her native language and points out a few of its amusing quirks and contradictions. Enjoy!

Julia has landed the job in the marketing department and today's her first day at work. Jonathan welcomes her on board and helps her get oriented to her new workplace.

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

Back at home, Julia is wondering if her job interview will ultimately prove to have been a success. Impatiently she is waiting for an answer when suddenly the phone starts to ring...

Hoping to land her first real job, Julia interviews for a position in marketing. In this clip, she makes her best case for why she's an excellent candidate for the position. See and judge for yourself how she does. Note in particular, her response to a 'low-ball' starting salary, despite her outstanding qualifications.

Barry Knight points to the banking sector as responsible for the current decline of American society with respect to social and political developments in the US.

Timothy Russell Strayer and Michael Barsinsky, two members of the "Occupy" movement, talk about the main points of the occupation with respect to the Guantánamo Bay problem and the ways in which society can be changed in a progressive way.

While at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Zara, one of Yabla's own, has done some research on the Games and reports here her interesting and unusual findings. Enjoy!

Julia hast just completed her studies in marketing and is in search of her first real job. In this clip, she contacts a company that's in need of a marketing professional. Watch and see how she handles her initial phone call to human resources and sets up a job interview.

In this clip, Jessica and Liz show us how to respond to the two similar but, nevertheless, distinctly different questions of "How many?" and "How much?" Enjoy!

Come aboard Greenpeace's ship the Arctic Sunrise. Meet Wendy, the ship's cook, as she describes her work and the ship's mission of helping protect our planet's oceans.

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

If you've ever been lost in the city and in need of assistance, then this video may just what the doctor ordered! Lauren helps Matt navigate his way around the streets of London and find his way from point A to point B. We hope this video from England is helpful!

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!