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Stop by our friendly HELP! Desk, where English grammar is made easy to understand. Listen to an audio of a story written by an ESL student. Ask that question that you've needed an answer to....
Americans are in love with pets: dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, birds, and more! Some Americans even have pet rocks! Today we interview one Ame...
Nouns ("Mr. President") and pronouns ("he") must get along in English! They must agree about things like person (I, you, he/she/it, they) an...
What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious. In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time ref...
Next in our series in English grammar: gerunds and infinitive phrases! In this podcast lesson, we discuss the pattern Verb + Noun or Pronoun...
If you want to be confused with English grammar, just look at the problem of gerunds and infinitive phrases! At the ESL Help! Desk, with our...
Ever wonder when to use present perfect continuous? Ever wonder how it's different from present perfect? Here we will answer your questions...
Want to learn how to express a command? Here we teach you positive ("do") and negative ("don't") commands. And we wish you a good summer at...
Here's a lesson in which you can learn how to save money, save energy, save the Earth, and improve your English grammar all at the same time...
Today is the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. Millions are taking to the National Mall in Washington DC t...
We continue our lessons with demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, and those. We embellish our exploration of these, adding subject-ver...
You're in a bakery, a restaurant, or a store, and you see something you want - but you don't know how to ask for it! You don't have the righ...
Do you hate finals? If you are or have every been a college student or a college teacher, or the parent of a college student, you know how s...
Confused by acronyms ESL, EFL, TESOL, L1 and L2? Do you feel like an outsider with all these codes? We have good news for you: You and other...
This week we are kicking off a new feature for our users - the Inner Circle. The Inner Circle is for learners of all levels - beginner, inte...
Another grim grammar lesson! You've heard the present progressive tense used to refer to the present, to now. You've heard the present progr...
Tired of being put on hold while you're on the telephone? We'll take you to a baseball game and give you a little practical knowledge about...
Beep, Honk, Honk...Do you find yourself stuck in traffic more often than you would like to? Like it or not, traffic is a topic of conversati...
Thanksgiving is America's most popular and highly celebrated Thursday and national holiday. Join us for a summary of how we celebrate this p...
Are you thirsty for grammar? Don't know when to say "I love to ski" and when to say "I love skiing"? Don't know the difference between "Did...
Have you ever been invited to a social gathering and not known what to bring your host or hostess? Should you bring wine? Chips? Or nothing...
Nine thoughtful and entertaining answers to nine thoughtful and clever questions! Listen to the answers, and see if you can figure out the q...
Is your English teacher always talking about grammar? Does he or she expect you to know how to identify the subject and verb of a sentence?...
People never stop asking ourselves questions. Short and sweet, challenging and thought-provoking, questions without a right or wrong answer....
Perhaps you have to write a formal business letter in English, and you do not know how to end your letter. Using the wrong closure could be...
How does your family solve its problems? Do you have regular and open communication with each other? Come and listen to our podcast, in whic...
Perhaps you have to write a formal business letter in English, and you do not know how to even begin! Should you write "Dear Jane" or "My De...
So much dialogue today is idiomatic: Expressions like "That works for me" or "I'm going to pencil that in" are essential to interpersonal co...
Imagine a country with sun, sand, blue water, banana and papaya trees, roses, and more. Imagine Ecuador! Join us today when we listen to an...
Are you planning or considering taking a trip by train? Do you want to avoid having to deal with parking and traffic? In today's podcast, we...
Surely you have tasted something so delicious that you wanted to get the recipe for yourself, so you could cook it in your own home. In toda...
Millions of people worldwide love to ski and cross-country skiing is one of the more popular types of skiing. Listen to our podcast today as...
This verb tense, the present perfect, seems so difficult. After all, it refers to the past, despite its name, and it's hard to know what is...
When you write, do you like to have music playing in the background? Or does background noise confuse you? Try writing in a different enviro...
Much or many, less or fewer, these noun quantifiers can be too much! Join us for this lesson, when we continue our lesson on countable and n...
Today we have a grammar lesson for you, in which we explore countable nouns, both regular and irregular forms. We have some fun listening ac...
What do you know about the great Spanish artist Diego Velazguez, or his slave Juan de Pareja? Join us for this fascinating podcast in which...
Did you ever wonder how to express concern, to be grammatically correct and socially appropriate at the same time? Join us for this lesson w...
Listen to a short essay written by an ESL college student, in which he describes saving two people's lives. If you have the Easy Writer CD-R...
A fun lesson in which we visit ways to begin a telephone call. We pay special attention to using the pronoun "this". At the end of the lesso...
Today we learn when to use "would" and when to use "will". Learn the proper way to make a polite request. You'll also learn how to propose m...
Listen to a short essay written by an ESL college student, in which she describes her wedding in Puerto Rico. If you have the Easy Writer CD...
How do you express gratitude? In this episode, we visit several ways to say "thank you". We look at commonly made mistakes in saying "thank...
We introduce you to our website and podcasts. Are you curious to know a little about the person behind the Help Desk? In this podcast, you w...