Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Grammar – 0 (Zero) Conditional Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook The 0 (zero) conditional is the easiest to understand! It is also called the real or factual conditional because it […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Sunday, October 3, 2010 Pronunciation Practice – /v/ vs. /b/ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet This is a pronunciation practice lesson designed to help you improve your pronunciation of the English letter v. Do you say /b/ instead of /v/? This […]

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!) Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Grammar – 1st (First) Conditional […]

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 Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, April 26, 2010 Pronunciation – Words That Look the Same but Are Pronounced Differently! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook English pronunciation can be maddening, because just when you have matched a sound to a spelling pattern – […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, May 6, 2010 Grammar – Nouns That Act Like Adjectives Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In English, sometimes we use a noun like an adjective. A noun can be used before another noun, in order to give […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Reading – Hockey in Canada Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In Brazil, they love soccer. In New Zealand, they love rugby. In India, they love cricket. In Canada, we love hockey. It is […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, June 25, 2010 Grammar – Conditional Sentences: An Introduction Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz What is a conditional sentence? If I eat too much, I get sick. A conditional […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect for the Future? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook No, we don’t use the present perfect for the future! Take a look at this sentence, though: Tell me what you […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips English Books Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Here are some books that I think students and teachers of English will find useful! I have used these books to improve my knowledge of English and I frequently use them during my […]