Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, September 27, 2010 Listening Lesson – “Shopping at the Mall!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (The Eaton Centre, Toronto by Property #1) This is an English lesson designed to help you practice and improve your English […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, September 1, 2010 August Recap! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook August was a great month here at EnglishTeacherMelanie! This was my biggest month in traffic, so thank you everyone for visiting my website! […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 18, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #1 – The southernmost point of Canada is south of the northern Californian border…and Rome, Italy! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet It’s […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 25, 2010 Canada Fun Fact #2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian City! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Actually, the bear that inspired A.A. Milne to write the Winnie-the-Pooh stories was named after […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Grammar Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook The biggest mistake people make when learning a language is translating expressions or sentences directly from their own language into English. English grammar is completely different from your language. Here, I […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 23, 2010 Expression Explained – “A Lean, Mean Polluting Machine!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In the listening lesson ‘The Licence Plate,’ I was angry that I had to pay for an emissions test for my […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Saturday, September 4, 2010 Expression – Not So Much! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In the listening lesson ‘The Bathroom!’ I said: Usually, companies want to do their best work in as little time […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, September 12, 2010 Expressions with ‘Crazy’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!” I talked about the rides at the Canadian National Exhibition. I said… […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 2, 2010 Grammar – 2nd (Second) Conditional Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “The Bathroom!” I said… If I were my parents, I would ask […]

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 […]