Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Listening Lesson – “Family Reunion!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Patrick Q) This is an English lesson designed to help you practice and improve your English listening and pronunciation skills. The listening […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, November 22, 2010 Listening Lesson – “The Must-Have Christmas Present!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet This is an English lesson designed to help you practice and improve your English listening and pronunciation skills. The listening lesson […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Pronunciation Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Pronunciation is essential for speaking and understanding spoken English well. It should be the FIRST thing you learn when studying a language. You should focus not only on how to make the different sounds (paying close […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, October 31, 2011 New English Word: A Flightmare! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by lrargerich) New words are always being added to the English language. Recently there’s been a trend of making a new word by […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Pronunciation: 30 French Words Used in English! (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Have you noticed that some English words don’t quite sound English? Have you noticed some English words with accents? That’s because […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 28, 2009 English Pronunciation Lessons Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Pronunciation is essential for speaking and understanding spoken English well. It should be the FIRST thing you learn when studying a language. You should focus not […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, December 27, 2010 Grammar: Articles – Indefinite vs. Definite Articles Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet A lot of English learners struggle with articles. There’s a lot of confusion about when you should use a/an and the. […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Resources Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 20, 2010 Study Tip: How to Speak English Fluently, Part 1 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Make English a part of your life! Tweet How can I speak English fluently? How can I improve my spoken […]

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?!)… […]