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 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 […]

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 […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Saturday, August 21, 2010 Study Tip – How to Practice Listening Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by javierdebe) Listening usually is the slowest skill to improve. For most language learners, listening is their weakest skill. You […]

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 Monday, February 15, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight On: Fashion Week! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook This post uses fashion vocabulary in context to help you understand when and how to use all these different words related to fashion […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Getting and Keeping a Driver’s Licence! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Stephan Geyer) In the listening lesson “The Licence Plate!”, I mentioned all the different things you must […]