Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, October 14, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Chilean Mine Rescue Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Were you glued to your TV watching the rescue of the Chilean miners? I was! It was amazing! The story of […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Reading – What is Christmas? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The Christmas season has begun and everyone […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Sunday, January 31, 2010 Study Tip – Learn a New Word Every Day! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook There are excellent resources on the internet for learning a new word every day! I recommend the following resources for […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Expressions with ‘Fruit’ and Fruit Names! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Christine) If you have watched my video “34 Fruit Names in English,” you know that we have a wide variety […]

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 […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Vocabulary Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook How to: How to Laugh in English! Do Not Call It a Toilet! How to Say that Something Is Expensive! How to Creatively Say that Someone is dumb! When to Say […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Friday, March 12, 2010 Grammar – Can a gerund be used after ‘to’? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In a previous post, I explained when you can and can’t use for + gerund, and I noted a […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, May 13, 2010 Grammar – When NOT to use ‘the’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Did you notice in the listening lesson “What Would We Do Without Mothers?” that I said ‘Mother’s Day’ […]

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 […]

Podcast Welcome to English Teacher Melanie’s series of stories and pronunciation tips for intermediate to advanced English learners! Each story is written using core vocabulary. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, 90% of everything that native speakers say and write comes from just 7000 words. That’s it! These are the words you need to know, […]