Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Grammar: Is it OK to use ‘fruits’ and ‘food’ in the plural form? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Take a look at these two sentences. I […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, May 13, 2010 Grammar – When NOT to use ‘the’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Did you notice in the listening lesson “What Would We Do Without Mothers?” that I said ‘Mother’s Day’ […]

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 Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Friday, April 2, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect I: Have you ever been to. . . ? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz When […]

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 About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, October 1, 2010 September Recap Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet September was an AMAZING month here at EnglishTeacherMelanie.com! This was my biggest month in traffic, so thank you everyone for visiting my website, watching my […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect II: Have you ever (done something)? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook When I teach the present perfect tense, I find that students understand it better when it is explained […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Social Media Vocabulary Explained! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet What are social media? Social media is a new term in English. It is used to describe various websites or […]

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 […]