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 Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” (*For the rest of December and in January, the listening lesson will be posted every two weeks instead of once a week!) Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Pop Culture Explained: The Whisperer […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, October 14, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Chilean Mine Rescue Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet Were you glued to your TV watching the rescue of the Chilean miners? I was! It was amazing! The story of […]

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 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, 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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, February 11, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight On: The Olympics Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook The 2010 Winter Olympics begin on Friday in Vancouver, so this is a good opportunity to review some Olympic vocabulary! […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Vocabulary – Talking about Clothing and Shopping Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (The Eaton Centre, Toronto by barjack) The listening lesson is called ‘Shopping at the Mall!’ is about … well, shopping at […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, October 15, 2009 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Weddings Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In English-speaking countries, a typical wedding begins with a wedding ceremony. This is when the bride and groom are officially wed. […]

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 […]