Improve Your English by Reading Children’s Book Series October 12, 2015 by Melanie What if I told you that reading doesn’t need to be hard and it doesn’t need to give you a headache? What if I told you that you could learn new words, improve your listening and speaking skills, and it could be […]
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English Listening: The Heroic Dog | Episode 03 October 12, 2015 by Melanie 13 Comments Listen to a story about a strange encounter I had with a dog when I went for a walk around my neighbourhood. You’ll also learn how to contract and reduce the verbs “could have been” into the sound /kʊdəv bɪn/. […]
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English Listening: The Heroic Dog | Episode 03 October 12, 2015 by Melanie 13 Comments Listen to a story about a strange encounter I had with a dog when I went for a walk around my neighbourhood. You’ll also learn how to contract and reduce the verbs “could have been” into the sound /kʊdəv bɪn/. […]
English Listening: The Worst Bus Ride Ever
English Listening: The Worst Bus Ride Ever | Episode 02 September 28, 2015 by Melanie 19 Comments [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/englishteachermelanie/002_The_Worst_Bus_Ride_Ever.mp3″ title=”02 THE WORST BUS RIDE EVER” artist=”ENGLISH TEACHER MELANIE” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_pinterest=”true” social_email=”true” ] Listen to a story about the world bus ride I have ever had! You’ll also learn when to drop the […]
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Archives for September 2015 English Listening: The Worst Bus Ride Ever | Episode 02 September 28, 2015 by Melanie 19 Comments Listen to a story about the world bus ride I have ever had! You’ll also learn when to drop the h sound at the beginning of the pronouns “him,” “his,” and “he.” Filed Under: […]
English Listening: Stars on Ice
English Listening: Stars on Ice | Episode 01 September 14, 2015 by Melanie [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/englishteachermelanie/Lesson_01_-_Stars_on_Ice_-_English_Teacher_Melanie.mp3″ title=”01 STARS ON ICE” artist=”ENGLISH TEACHER MELANIE” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_pinterest=”true” social_email=”true” ] Listen to a story about a figure skating show I went to see downtown Toronto! You’ll also learn how to pronounce the word “figure,” and how […]
How to Learn English
How to Learn English September 7, 2015 by Melanie 43 Comments I get a lot of messages from English learners. One of the most popular questions is, “How can I improve my English?” After 8 years of teaching English, I still don’t have a complete answer for that question, because the answer depends on the […]
How to Learn English
How to Learn English September 7, 2015 by Melanie 43 Comments I get a lot of messages from English learners. One of the most popular questions is, “How can I improve my English?” After 8 years of teaching English, I still don’t have a complete answer for that question, because the answer depends on the […]
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How to Learn English September 7, 2015 by Melanie 39 Comments I get a lot of messages from English learners. One of the most popular questions is, “How can I improve my English?” After 8 years of teaching English, I still don’t have a complete answer for that question, because the answer depends on the […]
English Collocations: How do you use in, at, & on?
English Collocations: How do you use in, at, & on? May 18, 2015 by Melanie One of the most common questions that English learners ask me is, “How do you use in, at, and on?” or, “What are the rules for using in, at, of, for?” For a long time, I couldn’t understand why so […]