Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Friday, October 15, 2010 Happy 1st Birthday to My Blog!!! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook One year ago today – Oct 15th, 2009 – I posted my very first blog post! Thank you so much to everyone who […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 27, 2011 Happy Halloween! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Around my neighbourhood, people have decorated their houses … The stores are stocked with candy … … and costumes and accessories (can you spot the Edward “vampire” wig?!)… […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Saturday, January 1, 2011 Happy New Year! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz How did you celebrate New Year’s Eve? What did you […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, January 28, 2010 Vocabulary – How to Laugh in English! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by falsalama) Laughing in your language is not the same as laughing in English! In English, the sound people make […]

Study Plan Here is a plan that will help you complete the study guide in one week, learn new vocabulary, collocations, sentence structure & grammar, and remember everything, all while improving your listening skills! Learning new material takes a lot of repetition. You need to hear and read something many times before you can remember […]

Payment Hello! Thank you so much for continuing to take lessons with me! I am so lucky to have such a wonderful group of students. If you need to cancel or reschedule a lessons, please remember to contact me at least 48 hours before your lesson. If you cancel a lesson less than 48 hours […]

Improve Your English Pronunciation! Pronunciation is essential for speaking AND understanding spoken English well. It should be the FIRST thing you learn when studying a language. You should focus not only on how to make the different sounds (paying close attention to the sounds that don’t exist in your language), but also how to hear […]