Could you imagine coming home from a visit to the dentist’s office and speaking with a foreign accent? That’s what happened to a woman in Newport, Oregon. Karen Butler had a normal reaction to oral ...

Have you heard about this non-traditional way of learning English in China? Li Yang, the creator of this method, believes that the best way to learn English is by practicing orally. And we completely agree! ...

A member of our ABA English community has asked questions about when the following words are used: Go-going-gonna Why-because All-everyone-everybody To-for Go-Going-Gonna Go – ‘To go’ is the infinitive form of the verb “I want ...

With half the world watching, Kate Middleton and Prince William only have two days to prepare for the big day – their Royal Wedding. They met 10 years ago at university where they were both studying ...

The Oscar winners were finally announced! The 2011 Academy Awards were held on February 27, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Some of the award-winning actors include Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Colin Firth. “The King’s ...

Okay? OK? How often do you use the word OK? The word OK has become widely popular throughout the world and in many languages as a signal of well-being. The BBC News Magazine has recently ...

Did you that slogans of protest and political or social commentary were the start of graffiti and street art? However, it was in the late 1960’s in New York, that graffiti really took off, with artists ...

Have you imagined the following scenario? You’re in an English-speaking country and everything is going very well, until…you start to feel ill. Your stomach hurts, you start to feel like you have a fever and ...

When children learn to speak, logically they start by learning the names of the things that are close to them, the things that surround them. This way, they expand their familiarity with the places they ...

If you’re a sports fan, you probably already know the names of the most common sports. However, sports vocabulary is pretty broad. Think about all the types of sports out there: group, individual, extreme, aquatic, ...