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Did your classroom ever speak with a classroom in another country? 

Some teachers here in Saudi Arabia have tried this with English classes using Skype or similar video broadcasting services.  Geography or Social Studies students in the UK, Australia, South Africa or North America may like to Skype with your English class. We all can benefit from learning about other cultures.  Wars usually happen between strangers, not between friends.  As we meet people across the world, our friendships help to

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“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

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So i guess this is the moment to say my goodbye,
it's time to let go and move on with my life.
sure i've been hurt before and my world was shattered into pieces,
but to continue loving you and to hope that you'll love me too is just absolutely pointless.

i know i can make it, i know this for i am strong,
so please stop returning, it is not me where you belong.
set me free, i deserve to be happy,
don't you see, we were never meant to be.

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First of all, let me remind you that I am not a teacher of English, so this is just a suggestion. The idea came to me while I was watching this movie called Before Sunset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvFosXeqmDg

I believe some of you out there are so eager to speak English fluently (like me), you wish you can speak with someone 24/7. My former English teacher used to say “if you want to master English, marry a native speaker of English.” You wish if at all that will happen!

Thus, just like in t

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♥ I live in a castle ♥

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

The moon is my bed

Clouds my quilt

The sun is my kitchen

Stars my light

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Grasslands are my taborets

Seas my bath ponds

Animals are my people

Trees my soldiers

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Fogs are my curtains

Rains my washers

Winds are my fans

Snows my dancers

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Flowers are my skirts

Boats my shoes

Rills are my bows

Hills my stockings

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Talk wi

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Some Spoken English Hot Tips.

My answer to a common question

Phonetics; Learn the '42 sounds of the English language', a simple online search for these will supply you with learning materials and audio files too.

Vocabulary; learn as many new words as you can, try to use your new words in speech as soon as possible.

Try to focus on learning as many common phrases as you can, this is a great way to improve your English speaking.

For those of you at an advanced level, who wish to take their speech a step further, and for those of

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Infinitive after who, what, how etc

1. In reported speech, we can use an infinitive after the question-words who, what, where etc (but not why) to talk about questions and the answers to questions.

verb + question-word + infinitive

                            - I wonder who to invite.

                            - Show me what to do.

                            - Can you tell me how to get to the station?

                            - I don't know where to park the car.

                            - Te

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When we were young, we often didn't care with all the advices given. Since you have passed that time, and (maybe) have realized all the wrong things or good things you had done, what advice would you give, or encouragement...

I hope what all of you will post here can become my lesson too...

Special thanks to my friend Dayne who has helped me for this discussion...

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Marry Me, please!

Dear Marcus,

Congrats on you! Tomorrow you are going to marry your deep loving girl, I feel the same happy as you do. Tonight you are so busy and excited as I can see. You know, my boy, you are very charming and your smile is so bright.

Hmmm, I still remember couple of years ago, the day you came to ask me if you were good enough after you broke up with your first love, that day, you were so sad and tired. My boy, I know, I am always sure you are a kind and soft boy. But I told you if you loved he

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My Hobbies

It has been a while since I posted anything on my blog though I have two essays I have drafted and need editting. I promised myself to finish reading at least one book before I start writing again since I have ignored this activity almost two years now.

Continue writing! Continue writing! Conveniently, this thought persistently lingering in my mind. It did not go to rest until I stopped reading for a minute and started writing something.

“You have not read those books,” my husband frequently remin

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Some words I love

                          

                                     Love  Simple                                   Cute  Novel

                           Explore                      True         Natural                     Adventure   

                           Wonder                              Life                                  Experience

                            Travel                                                                       Learned

                              Walk            

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Sea Girl

We tend to wonder what we don’t know and envy what we don’t own.

For me, it is very true. I don’t live near a sea, and in my culture there is very a little part about sea culture. So the first time I read about sea culture, a dream of visiting the real open sea was pregnant in my mind. As time goes by, it grows strongly, as if I could fly all my romantic dreams at the vast sea.

To have a dream, you can feel sweet in heart; and to realize a dream, you will feel happy and excited, even if it is just

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When I was in Khartoum, the Capital of the Sudan, I found a small book which has an attractive title; (Learn English in 4 Days without a Teacher), in a very local bookshop, there are some words and phrases translated in Arabic Language in the book. I thought it is easy to learn English in a few days, and I bought that book.

After the mentioned four day, I discovered it is so difficult to learn English in the identified period. Therefore I tried to join an English language a University diploma. T

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1. Faith is the ability not to panic.

2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often

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Grandma's Worry...2

Finally she though of how to reply, so she picked up her pen on the desk and started her letter.

Dear grandma,

Milan is very good here at school, everything is wonderful, but still miss you much. I eat well, sleep well, study well and play well. Everyone around treats me very kindly, I am happy everyday. How about you, my dear grandma?

Grandma, Miss Spring has already come, she decorates the outside world so beautifully. Now seeing out from my window, I can see the new grass come out of the hard gr

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The use of possessives ('s )

 

let's learn how do we use "s

look at the bird's wings.               

(  singular pos)

1- Those are the boy books.           

( plural possessive  )

2 - My father often goes to a men's club.

(irregular plurals )

Tom and mark's school is great. 

( place an apostrophe before an "s" only after the second-named person )

 4- The baker's =

( The place )the bakery

 

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Grandma's Worry

Milan, sitting in front of the window, looking at the spring outside, fell into a deep thought. This morning she received a letter from Grandma, in which she read out much love and worry as well other than some words.
Here goes the letter:

Dearest kid,
How is life treating you these days since new term began and you went back to school? Do you eat well as at home? Do you sleep well? Do you play well? Do you study well? My kid, eat what you like but not junk food whenever you feel hungry; sleep

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MY FAVOURITE SINGER

FOR ALWAYS  which  is sung  by STEVE  BALSAMO is a fantastic song . What's  your opinion about  this perfomer with unbelievable  abilities  in expression?

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Love me, love my favorite poet

You adore nature

And I adore you

You wrote poems

And I read you

 

Genuine, Spontaneous, and True

They were all you

My words are poor

But my admiration is full

 

Reading you I feel moved

Wish I was born

In your time

And closer to you

 

You didn’t know me

But I do love you

You know

You were so cool

This is for you, my loved poet——Tao Yuanming~

sincerely

Mickey~

 

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MY BELOVED LING LING

Dear  Readers,

       Ling ling is  a kind of  animals which I got from  Mentawai island. It is like monkey, has black soft  fur, black eyes. It has small body. It is a very small monkey. I gave its name "Ling  ling" I know, it is not permitted to keep this animal by government low, because  it is a kind of endangered species, but I want to keep this animal well.

       Ling ling  is a male. He  has good characters, polite, kind and friendly. For eating I give him  banana,milk and many kinds of fr

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