Jacqueline Melvin

Biography

Jacqueline Melvin is a qualified English language instructor - certified with Cambridge RSA DELTA since 1997. She has also attended numerous seminars throughout the years - held by tutors from Cambridge - to discuss the most effective way of presenting new grammar points to English language learners, how to deal with pronunciation issues and how to speak English with confidence. She has been awarded certificates for phonological and phonemic awareness and is an expert on articulatory phonetics. She has taught students of all nationalities during her teaching career - with excellent results. She has guided students through the various exams including PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEFL AND SAT helping them achieve maximum results. Her books have been written to aid ESL students in advancing in their studies of English. She is no stranger to the most common errors, mainly due to mother tongue interference. Her book 'English Grammar Reference and Error Correction' has been written to clarify such errors and is also an excellent grammar guide which covers all the main tenses.

About Grammar - Why learn grammar?

Grammar is the framework in which a language is built upon. Without grammar, we are unable to master a language properly. When learning a new language, it is similar to constructing a building. Without a solid foundation, the building will eventually collapse. The same applies to language learning. Without a good framework and solid foundation, you may reach what you think is a good level, but full of gaps. "English Grammar Reference Book and Error Correction Guide", has been designed for students of all nationalities to enable them to focus on correcting those errors thus filling those gaps. The most used grammar points and tense sytem are clearly mapped out.