Here is a fun contest that all MyEC bloggers can enter! Review the "How to Learn English" Bloggers Competition here. Follow the rules and you could win an English course in San Francisco or an iPad 3. (Note: This contest is not associated with EnglishClub in any way.)

Infographic via the KIC Blog.

My Entry(I'd like to win an iPad 3!)

I've reviewed Kaplan's "How to Learn English" infographic (above) carefully. I recently became interested in infographics thanks to Pinterest. Pinterest is a new soc

This weekend I am going to be talking to teachers about the "Learning English Video Project". This is a set of 7 short films about learning English. Each film takes place in a different country. I am going to show teachers an example from the film "Thoughts from Brazil".

I think MyEC members will like "Thoughts from Brazil".  It features some teens who use sites such as Facebook or MySpace to practice English. 

Will you take part in an online video lesson with me? 

Feel free to do all 5 activities

Here is the content of what I recorded.

Hi everyone,

This is Grace. I am now a member of group Voice Bloggers that is created by Tara. Welcome you all to join this great group for speaking. I like this group and I challenge myself to have 100 voice blogs by the end of this year if possible. I know it’s easier said than done. hmm..Anyway I’d try. Now, I am going to get started my tough mission.

Here, the picture of an oil painting that I just completed in our painting class last week. Why do I ment

I will be doing a presentation on The Learning English Video Project next week, and I need YOUR help. I need some feedback about the films and materials. My presentation will be in an online conference called The Virtual Round Table. If you teach English, or are interested in TLEVP, please come to the presentation! Check out the program to see some of the other presentations too. It's all FREE!

Here are some questions for you:

• Have you seen any of the films from the Learning English Video Project?

Here's a photo of a curved sole fitness shoes that I bought yesterday.

Would you like to read an article about this type of shoes?
I think this is also a good one for English learners. So check it out if you like.

Comparison of Curved Sole Fitness Shoes

      When I was a child, I always look up in the sky and wonder How are the stars? Is it nice or ugly? Hot or cool? Dry or wet?.....and maybe all my life then I can not answer my questions. But in return, today, I become the star on EC for my effort.

      So, my friends, Please listen to the star’s story from  the beginning....

      As I said I was born in the home town and we had a big courtyard (it is for the harvest but the house is small). Every night, my parent laid sedge and all my family

The last time I went to a teaching conference I wrote a blog post called IATEFL Wordle Reflection. I created a Wordle with a bunch of words that came to mind from my trip. Then I invited MyEC members to guess why I had included each word. It was a fun post for three reasons:

1) It became a memory page for me to visit regularly. 

2) It provided useful practice for English learners. 

3) It inspired other teachers to try a new activity in class. 

I've just returned from another teaching conference, and

Story about my painting - Dawn in Bastakiya

I was always wanted to paint something about this place, something which make me most remember about this place. Then this memory popped out from my mind.

February 2012, one night in Dubai at the end of winter. I was walking alone at a place called Bastakiya. All alone at the corner of the promenade. Obviously I have nowhere to go. I have nothing else to do. Just sitting watching dhows goes by. As the night getting colder, velocity started to perished. A

It’s an incident of my childhood at my age of 10.

My mother lashes out me because my sister lied saying I dropped her ugly stupid doll in water. I was furious and decide to immediately leave the house. This wrathful idea always lies somewhere in my mind. I am provoked into a suicide attempt; to leave this world which is full of lies all around. Nobody cares and loves me in this world and I was just beaten like a donkey. I lay aside all my belongings which have lain in my pockets and leave a suici

As many of you know, we have a NEW Dictionary App on MyEC. We've experimented a bit over the past few weeks to find a good place for it. The best place seems to be where it is right now, on the bottom left.

When we first added this Dictionary it got in the way of the main chat room. Thank you for your feedback. When we removed the Dictionary, many of you were very unhappy! We're glad you liked it. We looked for a better solution.

The new placement does not get in the way of the main chat room, or

Many groups on MyEC use Audioboo to embed sound files on MyEC. Audioboo recently made some changes. To embed on MyEC, you must do the following: 

1. Record your audio. Click on Embed. 

2. Choose "More Options". 

3. From the More Options section, choose "Flash". Copy the code. 

4. Click on the Media box and paste the embed code.

Here is the Audioboo video tutorial. Please note the change to embedding Audioboos. 

Have fun! 

We all have certain words that send us to the dictionary over and over. Sometimes it's a spelling problem. For example, I have trouble spelling the word "definitely". Other times it's an irregular verb that causes the problem. No matter how many times you read the rules, you still have trouble remembering. Are there certain words that you avoid because you don't want to use them wrong? For me, it's "lay" and "lie". Let's get these words straight once and for all! 

Your Task

1) Review EnglishClub.

        I have joined here for 7 months. I really enjoy our club. Sometimes, when I read/answer some funny comments then I laugh by myself. My husband was surprised (oh, because I'm online in my free time of work day and my desk and his desk is opposite) , he asked me : “Are you crazy, Why do you laugh by yourself?”. Lol…I can not explain him, here I will show you some funny situations that I have.

1. Become a baby.

       Last time, I used my real own photo for my avatar and some my close friends tr

If you're on twitter, give this fun tool a try. I was sad to see my interestingness so low! Fortunately, @EnglishClub gets an "interestingness" rating of 100%. In other words, you should follow @EnglishClub.

I burst into tears when I saw the Academy Film Festival gave the best foreign language award to an Iranian movie called “A separation.”

I do not know why I cried so much. Maybe because I felt we are really forgotten. No one sees us even in the weather forecast of the International news. The meteorologist usually skips over Iran. Not so many people know us. To my surprise, when I took my Canadian citizenship oath, the citizenship officer asked me where Iran is. “Is it Iraq?”

Moreover, when I show

I recently came across a wonderful blog post by English language teacher Chiew Pang. Chiew is a famous blogger in the international English language teaching community. He interviews teachers and shares lots of great resources. His recent post "Know your photos; know your camera" on the ELTPics blog was full of great tips and ideas for teachers. I asked him to rewrite it for English learners so that I could share it with all of you. I was so happy that he agreed! If there's one thing I've learne