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Lilly left a comment for Teacher Melanie"hey Melanie!
good to hear from you!
I'm sorry, I only read your message now since last time logging in..
maybe we could chat one day?
When are you usually available?
kind regards,
Lilly"
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"Dear teacher Melanie,
Wishing you a jolly cheerful
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About Me
Hello!
It's nice to meet you! Thank you for checking out my page!
My name is Melanie and I am an online English teacher. I have a blog where I help people around the world improve their English. I teach private lessons using an online meeting room as a classroom & Skype to talk to students [at this time I am not taking on any new students].
On my blog I teach pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and I also suggest some study tips. I also like to teach people about life in Canada! I create English video lessons for YouTube, and I use Twitter, Facebook, and MyEC to interact with English learners. Natural interaction with a native speaker gives English learners more confidence, helps them learn more natural English, and helps them practice what they've learned.
I live in Toronto, Canada. I sound American but sometimes my spelling is British. I enjoy helping people improve their English because I know how important English is in the world today. Please feel free to ask questions or add me as a friend!
I am not available to chat or talk on Skype, MSN or Yahoo.
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Profile Information
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- Teacher of English, Native English Speaker
- English level
- Fluent
- Other languages spoken
- French
- Skype user?
- No
- Favourite book, movie, song/band etc [in English!]
- Right now I am obsessed with The Hunger Games books & the new movie, but my favourite movies of all time are Girls Just Want to Have Fun and The Goonies! My favourite band of all time is Depeche Mode.
- My Favourite Saying(s) [in English!]
- "I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.""
~ Muhammad Ali
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English Tips #4
Posted on June 13, 2010 at 0:30 22 Comments 3 Likes
Zahra asked:
1) Would you please explain how to use the verb "thank"?
*You thank someone for doing something:
I’d like to thank you for the lovely gift!
Don’t forget to thank your guest for coming tonight.
He thanked us for taking him out to dinner.
“Thank” is not a complete sentence!
Instead of saying ‘thank you’, you can also say ‘thanks’:
Thanks for the present!
Also, the correct expression is ‘thank… Continue
1) Would you please explain how to use the verb "thank"?
*You thank someone for doing something:
I’d like to thank you for the lovely gift!
Don’t forget to thank your guest for coming tonight.
He thanked us for taking him out to dinner.
“Thank” is not a complete sentence!
Instead of saying ‘thank you’, you can also say ‘thanks’:
Thanks for the present!
Also, the correct expression is ‘thank… Continue
Discussion - Was the flight ban necessary?
Posted on April 28, 2010 at 0:30 5 Comments 1 Like
The Iceland Volcano
By now, everyone has heard about the volcano that erupted in Iceland on March 20th. It created a massive cloud of ash in the air that stopped air traffic all over Europe. All flights were cancelled for 6 days and thousands of people were stranded all over the world!
The name of the volcano is Eyjafjallajokull. It is not an English word & most English speakers cannot pronounce it! (You can learn how to pronounce it… Continue
By now, everyone has heard about the volcano that erupted in Iceland on March 20th. It created a massive cloud of ash in the air that stopped air traffic all over Europe. All flights were cancelled for 6 days and thousands of people were stranded all over the world!
The name of the volcano is Eyjafjallajokull. It is not an English word & most English speakers cannot pronounce it! (You can learn how to pronounce it… Continue
English Tips #3
Posted on April 27, 2010 at 0:30 5 Comments 1 Like
Almost every day someone asks me “How can I improve my English?”
Unfortunately, there is no magic answer. The only answer is practice, practice, practice! I tell my students to make English a part of your life:
- listen to & read the news in English (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines)
- listen to English music (and read the lyrics at the same time!); try to sing along to practice pronunciation!
- watch English TV shows & movies; watch them with English… Continue
Unfortunately, there is no magic answer. The only answer is practice, practice, practice! I tell my students to make English a part of your life:
- listen to & read the news in English (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines)
- listen to English music (and read the lyrics at the same time!); try to sing along to practice pronunciation!
- watch English TV shows & movies; watch them with English… Continue
English Tips #2
Posted on April 5, 2010 at 3:30 5 Comments 0 Likes
Thank you everyone for your feedback on last week’s writing corrections. It sounds like people find it useful, so I will continue with it!
Rosalinda asked about words with ‘ie’ and ‘ei’. In English, all school children have to learn this rhyme:
“ I before E, except after C! ” (of course, there are always exceptions – like their), but it helps to remember the correct spelling:
perceive, receive, receipt, deceive
believe, belief, thief, relief,… Continue
Rosalinda asked about words with ‘ie’ and ‘ei’. In English, all school children have to learn this rhyme:
“ I before E, except after C! ” (of course, there are always exceptions – like their), but it helps to remember the correct spelling:
perceive, receive, receipt, deceive
believe, belief, thief, relief,… Continue
Comment Wall (583 comments)
- At 14:07 on March 25, 2013,
Lilly said… hey Melanie!
good to hear from you!
I'm sorry, I only read your message now since last time logging in..
maybe we could chat one day?
When are you usually available?
kind regards,
Lilly
- At 8:18 on December 29, 2012,
SpamBusterHa said… Dear teacher Melanie,
Wishing you a jolly cheerful
- At 7:45 on October 26, 2012,
bluerose said… 
- At 5:23pm on September 23, 2012, Bimal gave Teacher Melanie a gift…
- At 11:35 on September 20, 2012,
Mariam said… Dear Melaine, I really like your way of teaching, you are talented! Thanks a lot dear, I hope to learn from you... Mariam
- At 5:19am on September 11, 2012, Ha gave Teacher Melanie a gift…
SpamBuster 
Dear teacher Melanie :) Thank you so much for all the works you've done so far to help English learners all over the world! I'll be visiting your blog more often to learn more. Have great time always!
- At 16:53 on September 1, 2012,
shahin emami said… - hey
how are u?
- At 16:53 on September 1, 2012, shahin emami said…
- hey
how are u?
- At 16:52 on September 1, 2012, shahin emami said…
- hey
how are u?
- At 7:56 on September 1, 2012,
Thotsaporn said… - Hello, Melanie, Are you a teacher?
Nice to meet you
Now, I'm reading novel of Dan Brown, Deception Point, did you ever read it?
I think it's terrific, but I read very slow because I'm not native english. So I read it each unit in two rounds, first, I read without dictionary, and second use it to find meaning of the unknown word. Do you have suggestion to me?
Thanks...
I'll contact you again...
Now, I'll read that more...
Happy on weekend :-)
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