Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, June 17, 2010 Expressions – How to Say Something is Expensive! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by liuwencheng) In the listening lesson “Sex and the City 2!” I talked about buying snacks at the movie theatre. I think that paying $6.26 for a […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, September 16, 2010 Expressions – Marriage: Asking Someone to Marry You, Getting Married and Types of Marriages! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by fred the chicken) Here are some expressions you can use to talk […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Sunday, October 17, 2010 Pronunciation – 60 Words with / ʌ / ‘uh’ Vowel Sound Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This is a pronunciation practice lesson designed to help you improve your pronunciation of the English vowel […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, August 26, 2010 Grammar – ‘As if’ – A Conjunction and Exclamation! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Part 1 – meaning and example sentences Part 2 – unreal meaning and ‘as if it […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, May 6, 2010 Grammar – Nouns That Act Like Adjectives Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In English, sometimes we use a noun like an adjective. A noun can be used before another noun, in order to give […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, May 13, 2010 Grammar – When NOT to use ‘the’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Did you notice in the listening lesson “What Would We Do Without Mothers?” that I said ‘Mother’s Day’ […]

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 Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Monday, February 15, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight On: Fashion Week! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This post uses fashion vocabulary in context to help you understand when and how to use all these different words related to fashion […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Getting and Keeping a Driver’s Licence! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Stephan Geyer) In the listening lesson “The Licence Plate!”, I mentioned all the different things you must […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Vocabulary – Using the Verb ‘Like’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “What would we do without mothers?”, I talked about the present […]