Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Pronunciation – How to Say Numbers 0-99 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook By the end of this video, you’ll be able to say every single number in English from 0 to 99. There’s even a short quiz at […]

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 English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Pronunciation Practice – ‘sh’ /ʃ/ and ‘ch’ /tʃ/ sounds Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This is a pronunciation lesson to practice the ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ sounds. English learners often confuse these two sounds. Part I – minimal pairs […]

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 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 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 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 English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Saturday, November 6, 2010 Study Tip – How to Improve Your Pronunciation! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by Leo Reynolds) I am often asked: How can I improve my pronunciation? Short answer: you need to practice and work hard! Long […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, January 7, 2010 Grammar – So or Too? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This post is quite extensive and explains how to use so, such, so many, so much, too, too much and too many! There is a lot of information […]