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English Teacher Melanie: Happy 1st Birthday to My Blog!!!

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Friday, October 15, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday to My Blog!!!

One year ago today – Oct 15th, 2009 – I posted my very first blog post!

Thank you so much to everyone who has visited my blog, subscribed, and left a comment!

Your support and kind words encourage me to keep working. I have had so much fun blogging about English and I have enjoyed getting to know many of you over the past year! Thank you for your support! I hope you continue to find my blog useful and it helps you to improve your English!

My very first post was:
Vocabulary Spotlight on: Weddings

I chose this topic because I often heard students say “wedding party” and I wanted to correct that mistake.

I didn’t blog regularly as I was still thinking about what I wanted to do with my blog! It wasn’t until January 2010 that I started posting 3-4 times a week.

I knew that I wanted to teach things that English learners wouldn’t be able to learn in other places, for example, about daily life in Canada, or everyday expressions that didn’t fall into the “grammar” or “idiom” or “vocabulary” category.

The most read blog post in the last year was:
Listening Lesson #1 – “Stars on Ice!”

Is there something you would like to see on my blog in the future? Please let me know!

Posted by Melanie at 6:37 PM

7 comments:

  1. get_togetherOct 15, 2010 06:30 PM

    Hi, Melanie!

    Congratulations! This is a very important day. Your blog is really a success. You always post useful stuff for us.
    Today is Teacher’s Day here in Brazil, and I would like to tell you Happy Teacher’s Day, because you are my best teacher and I love you. Thank you for all your dedication and thoughtful lessons.
    Keep up this wonderful job.
    Take care,
    Kátia.

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  2. misakourocoOct 15, 2010 08:02 PM

    Happy First Birthday, English Teacher Melanie Blog! Thank you for continuing to inspire us all with engaging examples and ideas 😀
    Huge heartfelt happy 1st birthday wishes!

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  3. Teacher MelanieOct 15, 2010 08:10 PM

    Thank you so much, Kátia & Misako, for your kind words and for always being so encouraging! I am so fortunate to know you both. I wish that someday we can meet in person!

    I hope that we will continue to be friends well into the future!

    Take care,
    Melanie
    = )

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  4. YoshieOct 15, 2010 10:56 PM

    Congratulations! and Happy 1st Birthday for your Blog of English Teacher Melanie! I have just started to visit this blog for a few weeks, but I know this blog is really reliable and practical when I speak English. I am so happy to meet your blog and appreciate it. I hope taht this blog will be loved by everyone more than now and continue for ever.

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  5. Teacher MelanieOct 16, 2010 10:37 AM

    Hi, Yoshie!

    Thank you for taking the time to leave such nice comments on my blog! It’s nice to meet you = ) I hope my blog continues to be useful & helpful to you!

    Take care,
    Melanie

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  6. freebirdOct 18, 2010 05:17 PM

    Congratulations! And I hope you will be here forever. I just know about you through twitter. It is great episodes to understand some culture in English contries. Thanks again.

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  7. Teacher MelanieOct 20, 2010 12:34 PM

    Hello Freebird!

    Thanks for your kind words = ) I hope I am here for a long time, too! I look forward to tweeting with you!

    Melanie

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Hello! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate it and I can’t wait to read what you have to say! PLEASE use proper English spelling when leaving a comment (please do not use internet shorthand – like ‘u’ for ‘you’!).

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