Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, November 28, 2011 “The Chaos” (of English Pronunciation)! – A poem by Gerard N. Trenité (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This is a fun poem about the chaos of the English language, but you’ll want to […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Monday, December 20, 2010 Listening Lesson – “It’s Definitely Winter!” 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 is […]

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 Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Grammar Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook The biggest mistake people make when learning a language is translating expressions or sentences directly from their own language into English. English grammar is completely different from your language. Here, I […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Listening Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Here you will find all my listening lessons! Each listening lesson includes: a short story about life in Canada discussion questions a short pronunciation lesson On each page here on my […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Listening Lesson – “The Winter Blues!” 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 is […]

Pages Home About Me English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Saturday, November 28, 2009 English Listening Lessons Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Here you will find all my listening lessons! Each listening lesson includes: a short story about life in Canada discussion questions a short pronunciation lesson On […]

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 Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Reading Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook There is no way around it – reading is essential for learning English. Reading authentic English sources (not something written by other people learning to speak English) helps you to learn new words and […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Study Tips Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Are you learning English on your own? Are you taking a class right now but looking for things you can do to improve your English outside of class? Here are some ideas: How to Speak […]