Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Sunday, January 3, 2010 Pronunciation – 7 Commonly Mispronounced English Words (Video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This is an English pronunciation lesson to help you learn how to pronounce words clearly and correctly. I have noticed […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Friday, March 12, 2010 Grammar – Can a gerund be used after ‘to’? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In a previous post, I explained when you can and can’t use for + gerund, and I noted a […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Saturday, September 11, 2010 Pronunciation Practice – ‘th’ vs. /t/ and /d/ (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Do you say /t/ and /d/ instead of ‘th’? This is a common pronunciation mistake! In the listening lesson […]

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 Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Thursday, January 28, 2010 Vocabulary – How to Laugh in English! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by falsalama) Laughing in your language is not the same as laughing in English! In English, the sound people make […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Vocabulary – Xerox, Kleenex, and Roller Blades – When Brand Names Become Regular Nouns! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Rollerblading or In-line Skating? (Photo by Ainunau) An English learner recently asked me a […]