Yesterday was  ‘Pink Shirt Day,’ a national day in Canada that is designed to bring awareness to, and focus on, anti-bullying behavior in schools. Pink Shirt Day began in 2007 in Nova Scotia, a province in eastern Canada. A grade 9 student wore a pink shirt to the first day of school and was bullied… Read More »

One of the hardest part of learning English is being able to tell the difference between words that are spelled or sound the same, but have different meanings. These words are called homophones or homonyms – homophones sound the same but are written differently, and homonyms are spelled the same but have different meanings. To… Read More »

Things you hear that may confuse you: My bad This is an expression to apologize.  This is slang for “I’m sorry, that was my fault”. I need to hit the bank This means “I must go to the bank to get some money” Who knew? This means, “I’m surprised”. Get out of here! or Get… Read More »