Living the life as a transvestite can be guilt-ridden when hiding the transgender lifestyle and fearing negative reaction if choosing to come out of the closet.

May 19, 2007 - Douglas DuHamel

Writer Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) compiled a scalding satirical riposte to Webster's Dictionary.

Jun 18, 2010 - Lawrence Mastri

There are a number of online Chinese-English dictionaries. What makes for a good online dictionary? Which Chinese dictionaries are the best?

Dec 13, 2009 - Mark Brenndorfer

Fluency needs an ability to use language idiomatically at the right times and understand it in conversation. This book is a guide to English idioms from around the world.

Mar 10, 2010 - Martin P Wilson

There is a strict criterion to be met for words entering the Oxford Dictionary of English, here's how a word becomes part of the English language.

Oct 1, 2010 - David Myerscough

Sick of watching students leaf through the dictionary, page after page, seeking a word? These exercises teach the structure and speedy accessing of the dictionary.

Jun 8, 2009 - James Parsons

The final chapter of the Baseball Slang Terms Dictionary.

May 22, 2007 - James Lincoln Ray

After you have learned the basics of a language, there often comes a "plateau". This is when many learners start to lose interest in the language.

Nov 10, 2011 - Helle Hermyan

The Amazon Kindle, the Barnes and Noble Nook, and the Sony Reader Touch PRS-650 are popular ereaders, but how do their dictionaries compare to one another?

Jan 6, 2011 - Alex Sharp

If you don't know your Dongle from your Router or your Broadband from your ISP; then hopefully this will help clarify the mystery of internet terminology.

Feb 8, 2011 - Fiona Trowbridge

Slang is a part of the English language. However, often what starts out as slanguage, soon becomes an accepted part of speech. Here are some new entries.

Jan 12, 2011 - Deborah S. Hildebrand

Idioms can be confusing and frustrating for English language learners. Try these tips for teaching these colloquial American expressions to ESL students.

Dec 19, 2010 - Margaret M. Williams

Learn text codes used in instant messaging on cell phones, e-mail, and online texting. A dictionary guide to shorthand, lingo, acronyms, slang & text code meanings.

Feb 26, 2008 - Janienne Jennrich

Many students, after completing courses in an ESL or another new language, want to improve their already accomplished skills at home, on their own.

May 4, 2010 - Lucille Lever

To acknowledge the rapport within a graduating class, ESL teachers can play a song full of advice and hold a present exchange in which students compliment each other.

Jan 8, 2009 - Katherine Kocisky

For World AIDS Day on Dec 01, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases celebrates the milestones achieved in HIV & AIDS research for 2010.

Nov 29, 2010 - Elizabeth Batt

Earlier this month, Chaz Bono announced that he would be begin the grueling process of transitioning from a woman to a man.

Jun 18, 2009 - Brenda Neugent

Sex roles are changing rapidy in the twenty-first century. Transgendered, male, female, masculine and feminine-how are they related and who decides who we are?

Feb 25, 2007 - April Rose Schneider

Lambda Legal is a gay rights legal organization that has argued key same sex marriage and gay adoption cases, as well as the case that overturned sodomy laws in the US.

May 17, 2009 - Judith Faucette

Many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) clients do not receive the same level of care from healthcare providers that heterosexual patients do.

Nov 19, 2010 - Melanie Shearer