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!) Monday, July 5, 2010 Listening Lesson – “Chocolate Apples”! […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Thursday, December 23, 2010 Merry Christmas! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz To all my wonderful blog readers who celebrate Christmas, I’d like to […]

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Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Reading – Hockey in Canada Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In Brazil, they love soccer. In New Zealand, they love rugby. In India, they love cricket. In Canada, we love hockey. It is […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Sunday, January 8, 2012 Ten Tips for the TOEFL iBT! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Tim Hamilton) Here is a list of ten things that will help you get the highest score possible on the TOEFL iBT, and […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Vocabulary – Sometimes, Sometime & Some Time Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In a previous post, I explained the […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, May 28, 2010 Sentence Structure Explained – What goes better with . . . than . . . ? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “What’s […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Reading – Who Is Santa Claus? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Santa goes by many names – Santa Claus, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, or Father Christmas. He lives at the North Pole, where […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Monday, September 26, 2011 Vocabulary – 34 Names of Fruit! (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In this English vocabulary and pronunciation lesson, you will learn how to say the names of 34 different types of fruit […]

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 […]