Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, December 12, 2011 New English Word: Glamping Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook /’glæm.pɪŋ/ (Photo by Jenni Lloyd) Every time I turn around, I notice a new English word! In October it was flightmare, and now it’s glamping! I first saw this […]
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English Teacher Melanie: Pronunciation – How to Say Numbers 100 – 1 trillion
Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, March 15, 2010 Pronunciation – How to Say Numbers 100 – 1 trillion Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook By the end of this video you’ll be able to say numbers from 100 to 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000)! Listen […]
English Teacher Melanie: Reading – The Olympic Torch Relay
English Teacher Melanie: This Week’s Podcast
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!) Sunday, October 24, 2010 This Week’s Podcast Email This […]
English Teacher Melanie: Vocabulary Spotlight on: Election Day!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, May 1, 2011 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Election Day! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook (Photo by slightly-less-random) Monday May 2nd, 2011 is Election Day in Canada! We will elect a new government of Canada. […]
English Teacher Melanie: February 2010
Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, February 25, 2010 Grammar – Gerunds and Infinitives for Purpose Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Gerunds and infinitives are a part of English grammar that many English learners find challenging. Here, I explain a small but important […]
English Teacher Melanie: Expressions: 5+ Creative Ways to Say That Someone is Not Very Smart!
Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Expressions: 5+ Creative Ways to Say That Someone is Not Very Smart! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Chuck “Caveman” Coker) In English, we have lots of creative and colourful ways of […]
English Teacher Melanie: English Expression Explained: Better Late Than Never!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, May 11, 2010 English Expression Explained: Better Late Than Never! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “What would we do without mothers?”, I used the expression […]
English Teacher Melanie: Pronunciation – 11 English Words with Silent Letters
Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, March 1, 2010 Pronunciation – 11 English Words with Silent Letters Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook English pronunciation can be very confusing. Often the spelling of a word does not match the pronunciation of the word. Sometimes, […]
English Teacher Melanie: Give the Gift of English Lessons!
Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Sunday, December 5, 2010 Give the Gift of English Lessons! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Are you looking for the perfect gift for your friend or family member? How about English lessons?! Give someone a gift certificate for […]