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 […]

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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 Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Recommended Books This Week’s Listening Lesson This week’s listening lesson: “Seniors’ Day!” Monday, July 19, 2010 Listening Lesson – “At the Hospital!” Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz This is an English lesson designed to […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Grammar Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook The biggest mistake people make when learning a language is translating expressions or sentences directly from their own language into English. English grammar is completely different from your language. Here, I […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Monday, November 29, 2010 Listening Lesson – “Seniors’ Day!” Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet This is an English lesson designed to help […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Listening Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Here you will find all my listening lessons! Each listening lesson includes: a short story about life in Canada discussion questions a short pronunciation lesson On each page here on my […]

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, April 1, 2010 March Recap Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz March was an excellent month! I joined MyEnglishClub, and I met lots […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Pronunciation Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Pronunciation is essential for speaking and understanding spoken English well. It should be the FIRST thing you learn when studying a language. You should focus not only on how to make the different sounds (paying close […]

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 […]