Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Resources Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in […]

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 About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Sunday, January 8, 2012 Ten Tips for the TOEFL iBT! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Tim Hamilton) Here is a list of ten things that will help you get the highest score possible on the TOEFL iBT, and […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Friday, October 15, 2010 Happy 1st Birthday to My Blog!!! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook One year ago today – Oct 15th, 2009 – I posted my very first blog post! Thank you so much to everyone who […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, January 30, 2012 Vocabulary – All About Snow! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook What does snow look like? Snow (an uncountable noun) is made up of millions of individual snowflakes. Each snowflake is unique. No two snowflakes look the […]

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 […]