Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, August 21, 2010 Study Tips Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Are you learning English on your own? Are you taking a class right now but looking for things you can do to improve your English outside of […]

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 Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Vocabulary – Using the verb ‘explain’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook I have lost count of the number of times a student has said to me: “Teacher, can you explain […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, January 28, 2010 Vocabulary – How to Laugh in English! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by falsalama) Laughing in your language is not the same as laughing in English! In English, the sound people make […]

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 […]