Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect II: Have you ever (done something)? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook When I teach the present perfect tense, I find that students understand it better when it is explained […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Social Media Vocabulary Explained! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet What are social media? Social media is a new term in English. It is used to describe various websites or […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Resources Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in […]

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 Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Grammar – 3rd (Third) Conditional Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In the listening lesson “The Chair!”, I talked about how I attempted to assemble an outdoor chair. I said: If I hadn’t been so overly […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 20, 2010 Study Tip: How to Speak English Fluently, Part 1 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Make English a part of your life! Tweet How can I speak English fluently? How can I improve my spoken […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 9, 2010 Grammar – Used to Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!”, I said… When I was a kid, I used to love […]

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 […]