Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Reading – O Canada! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Let me tell you a little about my awesome country . . . Did you know that Canada is the second largest […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Reading – Things to Do in the Snow! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook It is unimaginable to me that there are people in this world who have never seen snow! […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect for the Future? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook No, we don’t use the present perfect for the future! Take a look at this sentence, though: Tell me what you […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips English Books Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Here are some books that I think students and teachers of English will find useful! I have used these books to improve my knowledge of English and I frequently use them during my […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 6, 2010 Study Tip – How to Improve Your Pronunciation! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by Leo Reynolds) I am often asked: How can I improve my pronunciation? Short answer: you need to practice and work hard! Long […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, January 7, 2010 Grammar – So or Too? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This post is quite extensive and explains how to use so, such, so many, so much, too, too much and too many! There is a lot of information […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Saturday, August 21, 2010 Study Tip – How to Practice Listening Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by javierdebe) Listening usually is the slowest skill to improve. For most language learners, listening is their weakest skill. You […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, January 31, 2010 Study Tip – Learn a New Word Every Day! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook There are excellent resources on the internet for learning a new word every day! I recommend […]

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 […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Sunday, January 8, 2012 Ten Tips for the TOEFL iBT! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Tim Hamilton) Here is a list of ten things that will help you get the highest score possible on the TOEFL iBT, and […]