Ethan Strauss

As an English teacher in China for 8 years, Ethan has always been frustrated by the complaints from students that they have no help in learning English. This site is his attempt to solve that problem.





Vocabulary
When learning any language the most important thing to learn is of course a good vocabulary list. However, how does one know what words are useful and which ones aren't?

In this section we'll be looking at a variety of vocabulary topics from daily life as well as trying to cover which words you already know that are useful and which are not so commonly used!

If there are any topics that you want help with vocabulary on let us know!
Basketball Vocabulary

Basketball is a growing sport with huge fanbases in the USA and China. Today we look at some of the vocabulary for Basketball.

Kitchen Utensils

Today we look at a variety of Kitchen utensils used for eating and cooking!

Pots and Pans

This lesson is all about the objects we use to cook our food. Dig in and see what new words there are for you today!

Cooking Appliances

In today’s Vocabulary lesson we’re going to look at a variety of cooking terms, how they are used and what the short form for them are.

Euphemisms Ugly

Today we look at a variety of Euphemisms for the word Ugly. No one likes to be called ugly so what else can we say to make it a little less painful?

Euphemisms Stupid

If you want to be polite and not offend people, Euphemisms are an important part of English learning. Today we look the word ‘Stupid’.