Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, August 2, 2010 Listening Lesson – “The Soccer Game!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Geomangio) This is an English lesson designed to help you practice and improve your English listening and pronunciation skills. The listening […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” (*For the rest of December and in January, the listening lesson will be posted every two weeks instead of once a week!) Sunday, October 24, 2010 This Week’s Podcast Email This […]

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 Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Vocabulary – Using the verb ‘explain’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook I have lost count of the number of times a student has said to me: “Teacher, can you explain […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 27, 2011 Happy Halloween! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Around my neighbourhood, people have decorated their houses … The stores are stocked with candy … … and costumes and accessories (can you spot the Edward “vampire” wig?!)… […]

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 About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Saturday, January 1, 2011 Happy New Year! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz How did you celebrate New Year’s Eve? What did you […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, May 15, 2011 Vocabulary – Are You Triskaidekaphobic? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by DaveBleasdale) Are you afraid of the number 13? Do you think it’s an unlucky number? If so, you are triskaidekaphobic! A phobia […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, August 19, 2010 Vocabulary – The Backyard (video) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In the listening lesson “The Chair!” I talked about how I wanted a comfortable chair to sit in on the back deck. In this vocabulary […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” (*For the rest of December and in January, the listening lesson will be posted every two weeks instead of once a week!) Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Vocabulary Spotlight on: Baking Email […]