Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Vocabulary Explained – 911 and 9/11 Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In a recent private lesson, my student was talking about world events. She talked about the attack on 9-1-1 […]
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English Teacher Melanie: Vocabulary – Verbs Used To Talk About Sports
Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Vocabulary – Verbs Used To Talk About Sports Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In English, we use three different verbs to talk about sports: play ~ do ~ go 1) Use PLAY for […]
English Teacher Melanie: November 2010
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, November 27, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #5: When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will also be Queen of Canada! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will […]
English Teacher Melanie: Canada Fun Fact #3 – The Beaver is Our National Animal…and We Eat Beaver Tails!
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, October 2, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #3 – The Beaver is Our National Animal…and We Eat Beaver Tails! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet We don’t eat real beaver tails – a ‘beaver tail’ is a […]
English Teacher Melanie: Reading
Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Reading Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook There is no way around it – reading is essential for learning English. Reading authentic English sources (not something written by other people learning to speak English) helps you to learn new words and […]
English Teacher Melanie: Expressions with ‘Crazy’
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, September 12, 2010 Expressions with ‘Crazy’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!” I talked about the rides at the Canadian National Exhibition. I said… […]
English Teacher Melanie: Grammar – Nouns That Act Like Adjectives
Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, May 6, 2010 Grammar – Nouns That Act Like Adjectives Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In English, sometimes we use a noun like an adjective. A noun can be used before another noun, in order to give […]
English Teacher Melanie: Grammar – Using The Present Simple To Talk About The Future
Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, January 14, 2010 Grammar – Using The Present Simple To Talk About The Future Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook *You can use the present simple to talk about talk about scheduled future events […]
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