Serious About Humor (Step 2)

ReadOasis Step 2 It's early in the morning. A funny looking man is getting ready for work. He looks up [...]

Quiz: Words for Breaking Stereotypes

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Quiz: The Grammar of Jokes

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Quiz: Update Your Mental and Cultural Software

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Quiz: Don’t Learn Culture the Hard Way

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The Longest Railway

ReadOasis Step 2 VOA Learning English reports that China has paid for the longest railway in the world. It's 13,000 [...]

The Festival of Lights

ReadOasis Step 3 The sky is filled with fireworks. And the home is bright with the light of candles. Little [...]

The Doll Festival (Step 2)

By Zoe NovaReadOasis Step 2 Japan is a land of festivals. And on March 3, Japanese families may celebrate the [...]

Rakugo: A Funny Side of Japan

ReadOasis Step 2 Sakura started to cry. "No Tora-san! You can't leave again! I know that life is hard for [...]

Lady Sings the Blues (Part 1)

ReadOasis Step 2 Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging [...]