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I'm impressed by the spirit and passion of the EC members in posting discussions topics and blogs. But, unfortunately, many of them ignore (perhaps unintentionally) kinds of rule in writing such as capitalization in the tittle, name of a person, place, the use of punctuation marks and so on. Some of them even think that the usage of the colors is more important than the correctness on how a text or writing should be presented. I'm not sure what the reasons behind it. Maybe they don't know about

This morning when I came from school I was thinking about how people behave when they are in public and when they talk in private! 

Sometimes You see in chat someone is very naughty and even rude sometimes, but when You talk to them in private You see completely different person. This new person can be very kind and friendly and may be even sensitive! 

So my question is why such difference? Is it some kind of protection? What do You think?

Have you ever wondered if you, your child, or a friend might be dyslexic? Dyslexia is a condition that is inherited, and ranges from mild to severe. A dyslexic person's brain does not function in the same way an average person's brain functions. The weakness is related to the processing of language. The word dyslexia comes from the Greek words dys (difficulty) and lexia (language). 

Dyslexia is not simply a reading disorder. Dyslexics may also have difficulty with writing, spelling, pronunciati

 Ohhhh, I’m not good in cooking. But you can do it. Very easy…

Now, we need :

-  4 eggs

-  1 can of milk (500ml)- sweetened condensed milk

-   Mold (make from aluminum)

-   Liquidizer + Sifter

-   3 sugar spoons.

* First,  We break 4 eggs + milk  into liquidizer. Add 750ml hot water together. See….

* Second, open your liquidizer and mix them around 5 minutes. Be careful, if your liquidizer is small, you need to take care of it.

* Now, finish? OK, next step, put 3 sugar spoons into your mold. A little wa

Recently, I read a newspaper about psychology of queuing when people are waiting to do something. Passengers in Houston airport gave a number of complaints about the long waits at baggage claim area many years ago.

They later increased some baggage employees for settling the issue. This method helped to reduce wait times, however, the complaints didn't vanish. So, the airport took an in-depth analysis, finding that about 88 % of passengers' time was wasted on waiting their baggage, and made anoth

I always believe that the initial purpose why main room was created is that members have a place when they can learn English in fun ways. Well, of course the definition of fun is something constructive to build up people and not to destroy them.

Sometimes, it is boring to chat about serious topics on main room, especially when we have a boring day or just don't have a good mood for something serious. Well, then maybe we can play games on main room.

These last three months I have seen some members

For this month's writing challenge, Tara Benwell posted another educational blog about compound nouns. She is inviting us to participate on this challenge, and make our own compound noun list as well.

Here are some compound nouns that I'm not familiar with. Could you help me define these words? Please make sentences using the compound nouns that are listed below. You can write down your answers on the comment section. 

My Word List

1. blue-green

2. breakwater

3. spoonfuls

4. cheapskate

5. fire-fly

6. lo

Have you ever painted a music? The first artist who did that was Wassily Kndinsky. It is said that he once listened to music and was so impressed that he wanted to paint it. 

We, the painting students, had to choose our favorite music. The music must be plain music without any singer who sings a song. Even if someone sings, we must not paint the lyrics at all. We were supposed to pay attention solely to the rhythm and musical instruments translating them into colors and shapes. The Painting must

Some people assume that English teachers are wonderful spellers. This is not true! In fact, many of us have to review spelling rules regularly. We also have to review other aspects of the language before we teach a lesson. One thing I have trouble remembering is compound nouns. I often find myself looking up words just to be sure they are one word rather than two. Sometimes these words end up being hyphenated. I've noticed on MyEC that many other people have the same problem. This month, let's p

The following is an .assessment meant for MyEC  members

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Your task:

Audio recording and upload >>   

" Mama has just bought me... "

The winning caption is submitted by Yasemin

Thanks for all your participation. Have a lovely day!

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It's almost time for "Back-to-School" in many countries, including Canada. Many students are asked to write essays or paragraphs about their summer vacation. Here is an idea that is more interactive! It's a great way for students to get to know their teachers better. Create a Word Cloud (or have your students create one using something like Wordle that they can use to get to know each other better) with words that remind you of your summer vacation. Then have the students guess what the words mi

I hate cleaning! But what can I do. I have to do it time to time. I wanted to go to bicycling, but It was raining too much. Well, what else u can expect from those weather bureau forecasters. They are all in Tallinn. I think we only have  some automatic weather stations here in my town. That the evil weather forecasters from capital only use to forecast wrong, or bad weather to us.. From safe distance. :P

Anyways, I couldn't escape from cleaning to bicycling, because of this rain rain. So I escap

  Really every day in my life and when I remember what I recently reach ...it makes me thinking about  people who help me to be there and in this situation and in those conditions and really it forces me to go for them and thank them a lot for what they do and give them a lot of gifts.

 I can't deny their works and their beautiful activities and their good behaviors that make me more strong to face my life's problems and face the hardest because they faced it before me. All teachers in this world

Consonant Sounds /k/ and /g/

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We know different kinds of medicine like prescription medicines, over the counter medicines and complementary medicines such as vitamin, mineral, herbal and so forth.We take these medicines for fast relief. 

How about Music as a Medicine? 

I would not doubt to say, Yes, it is a medicine. A different kind of medicine that I'm so addicted to it. It is a medicine for my soul and spirit. For my opinion, those medicines that I mentioned before are medicine for our body. How about medicine for our soul

1. " A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
- Arabian Proverb

 2. "A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
-Walter Winchell

3. "Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends."
- Mary Catherwood

 4. "No love, no

Dear Readers,

I did not know the penguin's life before, because of my area. No penguins there. I just got information about it from magazine or news paper. When I visited Australia in 2004, I went to a place as a tourist spot in Sydney. The place is on the beach and I saw the penguin activity there. The activity is called " Penguin Parade". Readers, can you imagine what penguin parade  is like.

I went there by tourist bus. It was  sun set situation. wow it's very wonderful sight. I  saw  many tour

The 2012 London Olympic Games opened with a spectacular opening ceremony. For most of the MyEC members, however, the Games could be more of a chance to learn some English than just a sport meeting.

The Olympics are just taking place in an English-speaking country this time. So, English is everywhere. Chances are you will pick up some idiomatic expressions if you watch the Games on TV or in person in London. When the Queen opened the Games during the ceremony, MyEC members who were watching may ha