Do you think reading is boring? Are you looking for a way to make reading more interesting, do more of it, and improve your English? You are going to love immersion reading! We acquire a language by reading and listening, not by learning grammar rules and memorizing vocabulary. We can speak a language because of […] The post English Immersion Reading: A Powerful and Effective Way to Learn appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

EnglishTeacherMelanie.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Read more about Amazon here.   Listening doesn’t have to be difficult and it doesn’t need to give you a headache. It’s hard […] The post Audible Audiobooks: Improve Your Listening Skills Anytime, Anywhere appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

EnglishTeacherMelanie.com is 8 years old this month! No, blogiversary is not a real word! It’s a combination of the words blog + anniversary. That’s called a portmanteau. An anniversary is a date you celebrate something that happened in a previous year. A blog is a website with posts that are added regularly. On my websites, […] The post Happy 8th Blogiversary! appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

It’s the 8th anniversary of EnglishTeacherMelanie.com and to celebrate I’ve put together a list of the most popular lessons on this website. I have published hundreds of English lessons on this website in 8 years. When I first started this website, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I had only been teaching English […] The post The 8 Most Popular Lessons on EnglishTeacherMelanie.com appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

I am a language learner like you. I started learning French in school when I was 8 years old, and I studied it for 10 years. A few years ago I studied at a private language school in Paris. As an English teacher I have spent a lot of time reading books and websites related […] The post The 8 Worst Pieces of Advice about Learning English appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

In this lesson you’ll learn … all about mood what the subjunctive mood is how to form the subjunctive the 5 types of sentences in which you use the subjunctive when it’s OK to use “I were“! The subjunctive is not a tense like the past simple or the present perfect. It’s a mood. This […] The post Advanced English Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

Learning English is like going a road trip (a long trip somewhere in a car). You don’t get in your car, start driving and hope that you will eventually arrive somewhere! You need a destination and a plan on how to get there. You’ll get there faster if you know where you are going and […] The post English Study Tip: Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

Listen to a story about the Christmas season and why it's sometimes stressful! You'll also learn how about a common vowel sound in English that doesn't exist in many other languages! The post English Listening: The Christmas Season | Episode 34 appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

In this vocabulary lesson, you’ll learn English collocations and sentence structures you can use to talk about Christmas or any holiday that involves giving presents and decorating! One of the best things you can do to learn English faster and feel more confident when you speak English is to focus on collocations and sentence structure. […] The post English Vocabulary: Christmas Collocations appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more

Why are the smallest words in English so difficult to master? Even native speakers get very confused with the English pronouns I, me, myself, and my! Why do we have so many different words to describe the same person? Each word is a different part of speech and has a different role to play in […] The post English Grammar: I, Me, Myself, and My appeared first on English Teacher Melanie ..read more