The Gilroy Garlic Festival, July 25-26

Garlic Festival is held every year at Gilroy California USA.

Shopping for Bedding

ESL Podcast 497 – Shopping for Bedding

Learn how to describe different things you use with your bed in this episode. Download Podcast

ESL Discussions: Sleep

• What do you do when you can’t sleep?

Hong Kong Refocuses on Design

VOAVideo: Hong Kong Refocuses on Design

Hong Kong aims to be Asia's fashion center, but the Chinese territory has seen a big drop in clothing exports as the global economic crisis drags on. As VOA's Kari Jensen reports from Hong Kong, the government is stepping in to stimulate the local fashion industry.

ESL Discussions: Clothes

• Who decides which clothes are fashionable?
  
  

American Slang

ESL-Lab: American Slang

What is "slang," who uses it in your own culture (e.g., male, female, young, middle-aged, old, etc.), and what examples can you think of in your language? What idioms or idiomatic expressions can you think of that are part of everyday language?

• I. Pre-Listening Exercises
  
• II. Listening Exercises


• III. Post-Listening Exercises

Moon Landing Remembered On 40th Anniversary

VOAVideo: Moon Landing Remembered On 40th Anniversary

Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, a man set foot on the moon. The feat captivated an audience of one billion people around the globe and heralded the era of modern space exploration. Apollo 11 was viewed by many as a triumph of American technology in a world dominated by the Cold War. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.

Words And Their Stories: Numbers, Part 1-The Number One

VOANews: Words And Their Stories: Numbers, Part 1-The Number One

A number of terms based on the number one.

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Video Games Are New Teaching Tool

VOAVideo: Video Games Are New Teaching Tool

In the last two decades, American students have fallen behind in critical subjects like math, science and reading. In 2005, the U.S. ranked ninth among some industrialized nations in the percentage of students graduating from secondary school. American education officials are searching for novel ways to stimulate learning again. One tool that is getting some attention is the use of video games.The National Education Association says some schools across the country are now incorporating video into learning. Steve Mort has more on this innovative approach in the state of Florida.