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News #94 - Want To Improve Your English? It All Comes...

Your English progress depends on one thing. Your willingness to spring into action and go after it. All the English conversation lessons to get you speaking, all the words you’ll ever need to know, and all the tools to help you master the language faster. It’s all here at EnglishClass101.com, but you must go after [...]

Lower Advanced #19 - How to Break a Special Deal with...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You don’t want to clean the bathrooms at the end of your shift, so you decide to make yourself look as busy as possible with customers. As soon as you finish helping one, you approach another and ask in English how you can help. If you can avoid your boss, you [...]

News #93 - Finally! The New English Word Power App Is...

Want all the English vocabulary you’ll ever need? Well, you can dig through a dictionary… or… get the new WordPower English for Android. That’s 2,000 English words. The tools to master them fast. And a dose of English culture you need to truly understand the language. WordPower English is already available for the iPhone, iPad [...]

Lower Advanced #17 - An Unconventional American Solution

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You have a hard enough time doing basic addition and subtraction, so when it’s time to calculate the taxes you owe to the American government, you know you’re in for a challenge. You carefully read the English instructions and try to make sense of the legal language, but you just can’t [...]

Intermediate Lesson #22 - Which Aisle is the Canned Soup?

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You look at your watch and shake your head to yourself. You mumble to yourself in English, “I was only going to be in here for ten minutes to pick up one item, but now look at my full cart! I’m never shopping on an empty stomach again.” The person across [...]

Survival Phrases #6 - How to Ask ‘Where is the...

Learn English travel phrases with EnglishClass101.com! A little English can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, EnglishClass101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! In this lesson we cover a high frequency English phrase that you’ll surely find useful on your trip, travels, or vacation to the USA. Have [...]

News #91 - Faster, Lighter, Better: Brand New Lesson...

It’s no lie. You start speaking English minutes into a lesson. But reading and boosting your comprehension and listening skills? That’s where PDF lesson notes come in. They’re available for every lesson. And best of all, they’re completely redesigned for easy reading on any device or browser. Basic and Premium users can access the new [...]

Lower Advanced #12 - Avoiding English Misunderstandings...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! It’s your second year in America, and you’re still trying to learn the strange English expressions that some of your American friends use. The other day, someone tried to explain something to you in English. When he couldn’t get his point across, he told you that he was going to “spell [...]

Lower Advanced #11 - The Most Disorganized American...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! When you walk into your American home, you feel anxious if things aren’t in their place. You’ve arranged your books according to the English alphabet, and you sorted your closet full of American clothes by color. You try not to project your views on others; not everyone enjoys organizing projects as [...]

Gengo English #24 - Make the Most of Your English Skills...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You’ve been having fun shopping and sightseeing in Broadway, but you can’t help wishing you had a friend with you. Suddenly you spot a familiar figure ahead. It’s your friend from the American university! “Hello!” you yell out in English! “What are you doing here…sightseeing and shopping?” “No, I’m working,” your [...]

Intermediate Lesson #3 - You Must Talk to the Taxi...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! As you leave the airport, your traveling companion advises you in English, “We’re going to take a taxi to our hotel.” You respond in English, “Great. I’ll follow you.” Your friend leads you outside to a platform where you see a long string of yellow taxis waiting. You head to the [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S2 #11 - Top 10 American Movies:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Your classmate begins talking in English about someone named Citizen Kane in your American government class, and you presume he’s a politician. Later in class, you refer to Mr. Kane, but your teacher comments in English that she’s not sure what you’re talking about: she wants to know how a movie [...]

News #89 - Is Your English Getting Cold? Bundle Up and...

Is your English getting chilly this winter? Not speaking and learning as fast as you’d like? You gotta bundle up your English. How? It’s like your mom said – double up on those layers. And any experienced learner will tell you that to conquer more English material and speak better English, you need audiobooks, audio [...]

Lower Advanced #7 - Are You Running Late for Your...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You made sure to leave early to make your big meeting in the United States, but the weather is not cooperating. At this rate you’ll be late, and there’s no way you’re getting that promotion if that happens! You decide to call and apologize in your most polite English, and hope [...]

Lower Advanced #6 - Use Contractions to Expand Your...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You’re excited to visit Idaho—not because of its picturesque views or skiing opportunities, but because it is the potato capital of America! You long for the taste of American potato chips, french fries, and of course, mashed potatoes with gravy. When you express your excitement to your friend, he tells you [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S2 #2 - Top 10 American Songs: Born...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Next on your playlist is a song written and performed by The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. One of his most famous tracks, “Born in the USA” is sure to get you rocking along on your trip! In this English Advanced Audio Blog lesson, you will learn about a dynamic rock track from the [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S3 #1 - Fun at the Atlantic City...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Feeling lucky? Maybe you should take your luck to the tables of one of the eleven casinos in Atlantic City, where you can gamble the day and night away, chasing the American dream of rags to riches. Once you’ve cashed in, you’ll have your pick of ways to enjoy your newfound [...]

Buzzwords #19 - BUZZ: Ready for Roll Out

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You just got a new job in New York and you are anxious to impress. But things are not going well already. All morning at the meeting, your boss just kept going on and on in English about “the big roll out” and making sure we get it “rolled out” on [...]

News #87 - EnglishClass101.com Mobile Open To All Users...

Have a mobile device but aren’t using the Mobile Web App to study English? You must’ve been partying extra hard this past New Year’s! On January 1st, EnglishClass101.com Mobile was opened up to all EnglishClass101.com users from Free right up to Premium Plus. No matter the mobile device or screen size, your favorite English lessons [...]

Lower Advanced #1 - This English Lesson is Such a Beauty...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! When you arrive at work on Friday, you’re appalled to see a stack of assignments on your desk with a note written in English that they’re due on Monday! Apparently, you aren’t going to enjoy your weekend, so you complain in English to the person in the cubicle next to you. [...]

News #85 - Happy New Year from EnglishClass101.com!

It’s the New Year! A new beginning. But before you dive into making the most of 2013, now’s a good time to stop and reflect upon 2012. Take a look and see how far your English has gotten – that happened with your hard work and dedication. All of us at EnglishClass101.com [...]

News #84 - The Countdown Party Ends With A Secret...

You were told there’d be 10 epic English deals. They’re gone. You were told the Countdown would only last 10 days. Time’s up. Here’s what you weren’t told: there’s an 11th deal. It’s the 900 pound gorilla of English learning. If you slept through Countdown Party, this is your absolute last chance to grab the [...]

Upper Intermediate #25 - English Congratulations are in...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Your roommate is across the United States, and he is celebrating a special victory with his American girlfriend. Meanwhile, you’ve been sitting alone in the apartment you share with him in the United States and wishing you were anywhere else. Your pride stops you from leaving, but it is so difficult [...]

Lower Intermediate Lesson #25 - Introducing a Friend in...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Before you meet up with your friend’s new significant other for the first, time, you caution your friend in English, “I trust you to not say anything improper at brunch.” Your friend replies in English, “Of course I won’t…I never do!” You remind your friend in English, “Remember the time when [...]

News #82 - 10 Days of Epic English Holiday Deals Start...

Missed out on the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals at EnglishClass101.com? Bad news: those deals are gone. The good news? The EnglishClass101.com Holiday Countdown Party begins December 10th, 2012 with 10 days of the biggest and best English learning gifts. Just 2 catches though: these deals last 24 hours each and you’ll only see [...]

Upper Intermediate #22 - An Unexpected English Call

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Since you’ve been living in the United States, you have started to have quite a number of migraines. Between the stress of holding down a tough job in the US and dating women who don’t understand your career aspirations in the United States when you explain them in English, no wonder [...]

Upper Intermediate #21 - Do You Need to Escape from your...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! After your roommate was dumped by his American girlfriend several weeks ago, you have been waiting for the right time to tell him in plain English that he is the one for you. He doesn’t need to waste any more time dating other American girls: his dream girl is right here, [...]

Upper Intermediate #20 - At the Heartbreak Motel in the...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Because your family is not originally from the United States, some of the dating trends among your American friends are quite new to you. For one, most of your American friends date men or women whom they never introduce to their parents, even though their parents may live just a few [...]

Upper Intermediate #19 - Hitting the Dusty American...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You are so tired of hearing about the upcoming presidential election in America: it’s all anyone seems to talk about these days, with the election just a month away! Everyone is blabbering on in English about what might happen in this state and what will happen if this state goes to [...]

Upper Intermediate #18 - Take a Tour of Washington, D.C.

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Your parents have never visited Washington, D.C. before, and they are not from the United States. In the town in the United States where you attended college, you were aware how different they looked and acted from your friends’ parents. But here in Washington, D.C. you are excited that they will [...]

Upper Intermediate #17 - How a Bill Becomes a Law in the...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! A summer internship in Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States, has you convinced that the members of Congress and all of their staff people just spin their wheels while jabbering in English every day. It seems that even if an overwhelming majority of the voting public were [...]

Upper Intermediate #16 - Do American Media Pundits Rub...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Your favorite hobby is watching American politics on television. You would never admit to your American cable-news addiction to just anyone, but secretly you love pretending to take the opposite viewpoint from the political analyst and throw his ideas back in his face. Just like the other Americans you know, you [...]

Upper Intermediate #15 - American Date Night, Part 2

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You are not looking forward to your date with the random young man from the United States who asked you out in English. He seemed very confident and over-educated, and you don’t know that you will have much in common. You are used to shooting hoops outside of your U.S. school [...]

Upper Intermediate #14 - American Date Night

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You are not sure that your American roommate will ever know the extent of your feelings for him. You are in love with him, but he continues to date other women in the United States. You wish that you could confess your feelings, but you are not sure that he finds [...]

Lower Intermediate Lesson #8 - Shopping: Part 2

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! One of your favorite game shows has always been “Let’s Make a Deal.” So when you go shopping in America, you decide to try the tactics the game show host used to negotiate in English with contestants…without the door with chickens behind it, of course. When you’re in an grocery store, [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S2 #22 - Top 10 US Destinations:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! When you find out that your friends are traveling to Las Vegas in the United States, you wonder what’s in it for them. After all, a place that they call “Sin City” in English must not offer much that is worthwhile, right? Your friends chide you for this shortsighted view and [...]

News #76 - Does It Take One Day To Speak Better English?

Can it be done in a day? We all know Rome wasn’t built in a day, but city blocks and streets were. So, how much English can you learn in one day? Enough to start speaking and expressing yourself. Basic phrases take just 5 minutes. Basic Grammar and 30 vocabulary words to create your own [...]

Upper Intermediate #10 - English Pickup Lines

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! As a police officer in the United States, you are wary of telling people your phone number in English. You meet some strange people because of the nature of your job, and you’ve found that in the United States city where you live, you never know what’s on the minds of [...]

Upper Intermediate #9 - Happy Hours for Happy Days in...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! As an intern in Washington, D.C., you frequently go out to happy hours with co-workers and other interns on Capitol Hill. You find it amazing how much alcohol young interns in the United States can drink on any given weeknight. Some fellow interns in Washington stay out drinking and gossiping in [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S2 #14 - Top 10 American Movies:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! In the distance, you hear something, but you’re not quite sure what it is. You ask your friend in English whether he hears something, and he tells you that a bell is ringing. He asks you in English if you know what it means when a bell rings. Puzzled, you say [...]

Upper Intermediate #7 - Are you a Slave to American...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! As an intern in Washington, D.C., you are learning that the American workplace has a culture all its own. Not only are there unspoken rules that govern relationships between bosses and junior team members, but also there are silly jokes that everyone already seems to know! You are grateful for this [...]

Intermediate Lesson #9 - But You Were Told by Them in...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You just hopped into a taxi, fresh of your flight to the United States. Before you can even get to the home of the host parents for your study-abroad program, your parents are calling your cell phone. They ask you in English, “Was your flight okay? How are you feeling?” You [...]

Intermediate Lesson #19 - Have You Scheduled an...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You’re feeling a bit shaggy and you have a job interview tomorrow, so you decide it’s time for a haircut. When you find a salon, you approach the receptionist and ask in English, “I’m here for a haircut.” The receptionist sizes you up and asks you in English, “Do you have [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S2 #9 - Top 10 American Songs:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! If you had to choose one track as the anthem of the 90s and of Generation X, it would almost certainly be Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In this English Advanced Audio Blog, you will learn about the song that made Nirvana a household name. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com, where you [...]

News #73 - Go for the Gold, Get Fluent in English

Why go for anything less? Right about now, the best of the best are gathering in London for the 30th Olympiad (Olympic Games). Their eyes are on the prize. Are yours? Want to learn English? Don’t learn a few phrases. You can be chatting easily like a local with a little more effort. Olympic athletes [...]

Upper Intermediate #3 - The Hunt for A Good American...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! In the United States, it is sometimes frowned upon when young women live in an apartment with young men. But you are happy to have found a job in the American city of your dreams, and you want to live close to work. Unfortunately, Washington, D.C. is an expensive place to [...]

Upper Intermediate #2 - English Internships for All!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Summer is an exciting time to be in Washington, D.C. Scores of English-speaking students from all over the United States descend upon the city to work in internships. If you take a tour of the U.S. Capitol, you are likely to have an intern guiding you in English; if you ride [...]

Survival Phrases #9 - Learn English Using English With...

Learn English travel phrases with EnglishClass101.com! A little English can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, EnglishClass101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! In this lesson, we cover a high frequency English phrase that you’ll surely find useful on your trip, travels, or vacation to the USA. We [...]

News #72 - 6 Brand New Language Sites Go Live Tomorrow!

From the creators of EnglishClass101.com and 20 other language sites come 6 new language sites to a computer near you. There’s just one more day until the big launch. The lessons are ready. More are coming. And they’re all fast, fun and easy! Are you ready? Because we are. Tune in to this Sunday News [...]

News #71 - Celebrate 200 Million Downloads With Us, Part...

You’ve done it! And you’ve learned a ton of English in the process! We’ve reached the 200 Million Lesson Download Milestone and there’s no end in sight! Two weeks ago, we gave out 120 Premium Subscriptions to 120 lucky winners. Didn’t win? Late to the party? Don’t worry, there’s another chance to start speaking English the [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S3 #18 - Top 10 US Holidays:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! When you answer a knock at the door door, you’re greeted by children dressed up as ghosts. Instead of trying to scare you, they exclaim “Trick or treat!” in English. You aren’t sure what this means, but your host family comes to the rescue, handing each child a piece of candy. [...]

News #70 - Visual Dictionary: A Must Have On Your Summer...

School’s out! You’ve got your bag packed and are ready for a sun-filled, stress-free summer. All you want is an ice-cold pina colada in your hand and a good book to relax with. But what if we told you that the book you’re looking for is actually a dictionary? Okay, okay…we can hear you laughing [...]

News #69 - Win a 1-Year Premium Account when we hit 200...

We have big news for you, listener. If you were around in April of 2010, you’ll remember that we hit 100 million downloads. Well, guess what? That number is about to double very, very soon. We’re on track to deliver over 200 million lessons, which means only ONE thing…you’ve downloaded A LOT of lessons! As [...]

News #68 - Countdown to 200 million and 6 new languages!

The next two months will be pretty big. How big, you ask? Bigger than the Pretty Big Deal Sale. We’re talking 200 million big! Thanks to you listeners, over 170 million lessons have been downloaded to date. Can we hit 200 million by July? We need your help and once we hit the goal, there’s [...]

Intermediate Lesson #23 - Can You Follow English...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You’re supposed to meet up with your friends at a restaurant for dinner, but you can’t seem to find it. You call one of your friends and ask in English, “I think I’m lost. Can you help me find the restaurant?” Your friend replies in English, “Sure thing. Just tell me [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S3 #12 - Top US 10 Cities and...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You can’t wait to get to the capital of the United States, but first, you have to navigate the traffiC. You’ve been waiting and waiting, and the cars on the interstate in front of you just are not moving! It’s a good thing you can see part of the skyline of [...]

Gengo English #8 - Get What You Want Using English

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Well, now you just need to get to the hotel in America, right? Where do you start? That’s right…the ticket counter. And lucky for you, you learned how to buy tickets in English with EnglishClass101.com’s Gengo lesson #8. Very confidently, you approach the ticket counter and ask in English, “One adult [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S3 #17 - Top 10 US Holidays: Easter

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You just started to pack an Easter basket for your American niece when your sister comes over and asks what you’re doing. You explain your process in English, telling her that you’re lining the basket with fruits and vegetables. It’s your first basket, so you ask your sister, who has been [...]

Advanced Audio Blog S3 #16 - Top 10 US Holidays:...

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Have you been a good boy or girl since you’ve been in America? If so, hang your stocking next to the fireplace on Christmas Eve and put out some cookies for Santa, like many other American children will do on this holiday. If you’re lucky, someone will come along and put [...]

Survival Phrases #5 - How to Say Goodbye in English

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! A little English can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, EnglishClass101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! In this lesson, we cover another high frequency phrase which will be sure to be of use on your trip, vacation or travels to the USA. In [...]

Intermediate Lesson #8 - You

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You need to study for your English exam, but it’s the end of the spring semester, and the weather is just too nice. You look outside and see students in your English class tossing a Frisbee, picnicking on the lawn, and otherwise entertaining themselves. You close the window, but you can [...]

News #65 - Innovative Language Learning on iTunes

We must admit: iTunes rocks! After all, it’s where we got our start 6 years ago. For many of us that are on-the-go and tune in with our iPods, it has the best collection of content online! Want to learn English, brush up on math, or hear the latest news? Just sync it up and [...]

Beginner Lesson #5 - My Major is English!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You find your friend a bit down in the dumps and ask after his health. You can see he’s been better, but it’s not his health that’s the problem. Unfortunately, the dwarfs and elves of the scheduling office did not give him the professors he wanted and gave him the professors [...]

News #64 - Spring’s In, So Spring Forward with...

Winter blues setting in? Feeling a bit lost in English language? Here’s what you do: You stop feeling blue, and start feeling awesome. We’ve got language learning to do and it’s going to be legen…wait for it…dary! And even better, there are just 9 more days until Spring. 9 more days until Spring comes roaring [...]

Gengo English #30 - Where Does Your English Go From Here?

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! As you stop at the hotel desk to check out, you feel your eyes well up with tears. Your time in America was short, yet you almost feel at home here. You’ve gotten more comfortable with the English language, and you love the atmosphere, the people, the food…everything in and about [...]

Intermediate Lesson #2 - Remember What You Have to...

Beginner Lesson #3 - Who Is She?

Beginner Lesson #1 - How's It Going?

Survival Phrases #2 - How to Say You're Welcome in...

All About #1 - Introduction to English and the Top 5...