Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Expressions: 5+ Creative Ways to Say That Someone is Not Very Smart! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Chuck “Caveman” Coker) In English, we have lots of creative and colourful ways of […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, June 3, 2010 English Phrases & Expressions with ‘Dog’ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Chris Pirillo) The listening lesson “Thor to the Rescue” is about a very smart dog in my neighbourhood. Many language learners are familiar with the […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, August 20, 2010 English Expressions with “Garden” or “Backyard” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by UGArdener) In the listening lesson “The Chair!”, I talked about how I wanted a chair to sit in on the back […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, May 25, 2010 English Phrases and Expressions with ‘queen’ and ‘king’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz (Photo by Mukumbura) The listening lesson “What’s So Special About May 24th?” is […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, June 17, 2010 Expressions – How to Say Something is Expensive! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by liuwencheng) In the listening lesson “Sex and the City 2!” I talked about buying snacks at the movie theatre. I think that paying $6.26 for a […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, September 16, 2010 Expressions – Marriage: Asking Someone to Marry You, Getting Married and Types of Marriages! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by fred the chicken) Here are some expressions you can use to talk […]

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!) Thursday, July 8, 2010 Expressions with “Bake” and “Kitchen” […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Thursday, September 30, 2010 Expressions – Shopping! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by ellewoods) The theme of the listening lesson “Shopping at the Mall!” was… shopping! In a previous vocabulary post I explained some vocabulary used […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 7, 2010 Expressions with ‘Baby’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by cakebreak) This post is a companion to the listening lesson “Baby Gifts.” Let’s take a look at some English expressions with ‘baby’! be having a […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, November 18, 2010 Expressions with ‘Book’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by dolmansaxlil) The listening lesson “Library Books” is about my bad habit of never returning my library books on time. Let’s take a look […]