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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Grammar – Using ‘Could’ to Guess Information Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In the listening lesson “Thor to the Rescue!”, I talked about a dog I encountered before I went […]

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 Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Grammar: Would = Used to Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In a previous grammar post, I explained how to use used to to talk about things you did in […]

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 About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, September 3, 2010 Vocabulary – Do Not Call It a Toilet! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet (Photo by missmoon) In the listening lesson “The Bathroom!”, I talked about renovating the bathroom in […]

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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, May 1, 2011 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Election Day! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook (Photo by slightly-less-random) Monday May 2nd, 2011 is Election Day in Canada! We will elect a new government of Canada. […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Going to the Movies! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook The listening lesson “Sex and the City 2!” is about going to the movies. This is a good […]