Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Vocabulary – Using the Verb ‘Like’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “What would we do without mothers?”, I talked about the present […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Vocabulary – Verbs Used To Talk About Sports Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In English, we use three different verbs to talk about sports: play  ~  do  ~  go 1) Use PLAY for […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, September 10, 2010 Vocabulary – What is an ‘ex’? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet The listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!” was about the afternoon I spent at the Canadian National […]

Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Vocabulary – When to Say ‘Congratulations!’ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet In English, congratulations is usually used as a form of praise when someone achieves something special or unusual, for example when someone: gets engaged / gets […]

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 […]