Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 28, 2009 English Grammar Lessons 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 […]

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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Relationships Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In this post I look at different relationships (dating, marriage, divorce) and show you different verb phrases and vocabulary to use to talk about […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Monday, February 1, 2010 January Recap Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook My first full month of blogging has been a lot of fun! Thank you everyone for taking a look at my website. I […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, February 23, 2010 English Expression Explained: To Have a Chip on One’s Shoulder Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Recently, I watched a program on TV called ‘Lockdown,’ about young men in an American […]

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 Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 28, 2009 English Pronunciation Lessons 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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, April 23, 2010 Grammar – Have to & Have got to Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In a previous post, I showed you when you can use have got. […]