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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 4, 2010 Expression – Not So Much! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In the listening lesson ‘The Bathroom!’ I said: Usually, companies want to do their best work in as little time […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” (*For the rest of December and in January, the listening lesson will be posted every two weeks instead of once a week!) Thursday, July 8, 2010 Expressions with “Bake” and “Kitchen” […]

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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, September 12, 2010 Expressions with ‘Crazy’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!” I talked about the rides at the Canadian National Exhibition. I said… […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, November 18, 2010 Expressions with ‘Book’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by dolmansaxlil) The listening lesson “Library Books” is about my bad habit of never returning my library books on time. Let’s take a look […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 7, 2010 Expressions with ‘Baby’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by cakebreak) This post is a companion to the listening lesson “Baby Gifts.” Let’s take a look at some English expressions with ‘baby’! be having a […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Thursday, September 30, 2010 Expressions – Shopping! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by ellewoods) The theme of the listening lesson “Shopping at the Mall!” was… shopping! In a previous vocabulary post I explained some vocabulary used […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, June 17, 2010 Expressions – How to Say Something is Expensive! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by liuwencheng) In the listening lesson “Sex and the City 2!” I talked about buying snacks at the movie theatre. I think that paying $6.26 for a […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, September 16, 2010 Expressions – Marriage: Asking Someone to Marry You, Getting Married and Types of Marriages! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by fred the chicken) Here are some expressions you can use to talk […]