Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, May 11, 2010 English Expression Explained: Better Late Than Never! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “What would we do without mothers?”, I used the expression […]
Month: January 2025
English Teacher Melanie: Reading – Do All Canadians Speak English and French?
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Reading – Do All Canadians Speak English and French? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook I get this question all the time: Aren’t you bilingual? I thought ALL Canadians spoke English […]
English Teacher Melanie: English Expression Explained: To Have a Chip on One’s Shoulder
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, February 23, 2010 English Expression Explained: To Have a Chip on One’s Shoulder Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Recently, I watched a program on TV called ‘Lockdown,’ about young men in an American […]
English Teacher Melanie: “The Chaos” (of English Pronunciation)! – A poem by Gerard N. Trenité (video)
Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, November 28, 2011 “The Chaos” (of English Pronunciation)! – A poem by Gerard N. Trenité (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This is a fun poem about the chaos of the English language, but you’ll want to […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #6 – Canada Post Helps Santa Answer All His Letters!
Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, December 4, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #6 – Canada Post Helps Santa Answer All His Letters! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Canada Post Helps Santa Answer All His Letters! Address: Santa Claus North Pole H0H 0H0 […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #5: When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will also be Queen of Canada!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, November 27, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #5: When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will also be Queen of Canada! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #4 – We Remember When Alanis Morissette Was a Teenage Dance-pop Singer Called ‘Alanis’! (video included)
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, October 9, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #4 – We Remember When Alanis Morissette Was a Teenage Dance-pop Singer Called ‘Alanis’! (video included) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet When Alanis was 11 years old, she was […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #3 – The Beaver is Our National Animal…and We Eat Beaver Tails!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, October 2, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #3 – The Beaver is Our National Animal…and We Eat Beaver Tails! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet We don’t eat real beaver tails – a ‘beaver tail’ is a […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian City!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 25, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian City! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Actually, the bear that inspired A.A. Milne to write the Winnie-the-Pooh stories was named after […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #1 – The southernmost point of Canada is south of the northern Californian border…and Rome, Italy!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 18, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #1 – The southernmost point of Canada is south of the northern Californian border…and Rome, Italy! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet It’s […]