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 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!) Sunday, October 24, 2010 This Week’s Podcast Email This […]

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 Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 27, 2011 Happy Halloween! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Around my neighbourhood, people have decorated their houses … The stores are stocked with candy … … and costumes and accessories (can you spot the Edward “vampire” wig?!)… […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Saturday, January 1, 2011 Happy New Year! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz How did you celebrate New Year’s Eve? What did you […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, May 15, 2011 Vocabulary – Are You Triskaidekaphobic? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by DaveBleasdale) Are you afraid of the number 13? Do you think it’s an unlucky number? If so, you are triskaidekaphobic! A phobia […]

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, July 7, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Baking Email […]