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Here is a taste of some of the things we do on MyEC for those who have not yet joined this club. I grabbed a few examples from the past week! Imagine what we've done over the past few years...

WRITING CHALLENGES

Each month I post a writing challenge on my blog. In 2012, we're concentrating on common errors that I noticed writers making in 2011. This month we're practising using commas properly. Check out Robbie's model example! (The instructions for this month's challenge are here.) Writers are g

HI

I really love music. It makes me feel good & relaxed. Not only me I think every person on this Earth is music addicted. Music can bring two souls together.

I love to do singing too. I don't want to be a singer, it's just my hobby. But I was planning to perform something on cultural festival, so I asked my sister that how's my voice? Do I sing good or bad. I got a negative reply from her. It made me sad. But I didn't listen to her and I practice daily to do good in my singing, So I can perform.

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My sincere thanks to Teacher Tara who have shared her idea about the infographic and inspired me to create this photo challenge.

Hi guys, do you interact with many friends at MyEC and know their personalities very well? Should your answer be an "yes" I would love you to take part at the challenge and tell us about them.

The Rules:
1 - Select one of your friends and describe her/him personality (You are only allowed to write five positive personalities). This link will help to describe their person

Hello there! This is MileyJ from Philippines. I am not well known to others but I guess some here knew me already. Maybe when they hear MileyJ, one thing that goes up in their mind is Music/Singing/Karaoke ;).

Honestly, I was surprised when someone sent me a message to participate in this kind of wonderful activity by Miss Tara - MyEC DJ. Thanks for informing me Star Y  and to others who believes in my ability (shy). I am not that 100% confident to be a DJ but all I want is to be part of #musicch

Once in a while someone have done a useful upgrade to us. Well, it's not like all other upgrades have been non useful though, and probably I didn't mean also, that all those times when I have logged in, and here haven't been any new features and upgrades added. The ones responsible, just are siting idly doing nothing... :P But maybe they actually are doing that, and maybe there have been only meaningless upgrades too. So just in case, I actually felt the need to emphasize the fact, that this tim

  My country, the Philippines, is celebrating Women's Month. I would like to take this opportunity, to dedicate this blog to the fantastic females of MyEC. Here is my participation for February's writing challenge.

Correcting Commas: Example Sentences

1) In a list:
Nadiyah is known for moderating photos, inviting everyone to join in the photo challenge, and helping new members to be familiar in EC.
Nadira is a chat moderator, a teacher, and a good friend.

2) Between 3 or more adjectives or adverbs

I love infographics. An infographic is a visual representation of information. It is a great way to summarize research or a survey. It's kind of like an online poster. Here is a great infographic about blogging.

I'm currently working on a NEW Writing Guide for EnglishClub.com. (You've seen the NEW Reading Guide, right?) This infographic is a sneak preview of what it will be about.

Can you create your own infographic and post it on your blog? Try to choose a font that is easier to read than the one

Did you find the "More..." button on a page? Are you using it? I hope so!

I love the "More..." button, with which I can read all the comments or posts I missed. For example, I don't want to miss any comment or post by Tara. I can go to her page and click on the "More..." and I can see all of her comments or posts I failed to read. That's great!

So, try using the "More...".

Note: This summary was created as an example for those interested in moderating a chat in the MyEC Chat Room. Please refer to the "How to Write a Chat Summary" for more details. If you are interested in moderating topic based chats, please join the NEW chat group and review all MyEC Topic Chat Pages. 

SUMMARY

Chat Topic: Food Habits

Date:February 21, 2012

Hashtag used: #foodchat

Moderated by: Tara

Chatters: Lara, Nadira, Ibra, Naveed, Javier, JK, fdagato, truth

In order to show other chatters how to wr

MyEC Chat in a nutshell for beginners/new members:

MyEC Chat is a wonderful place to start your journey of learning. Along the way, you can meet and make friends from all around the world. Interacting with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds significantly improves your English language skills, and puts you on a fast track towards achieving excellence.

Find a teacher who can help you overcome your weak points: This can be achieved by asking for guidance in main chat room. When a member rep

It is  refreshing indeed  to  see  a new format  at  the chat room  making  it more difficult  for those of whom to make  problems  on the mains

There are many good  advanced  and  fluent  speakers  who keep away  as  there is only  aim less chatter and  natter  most  of the  time. Of course  no one  can be  serious  all the time  and can be expected  to . I may be  wrong  correct  me  if  I am so and  it  would  be  ideal if  you could  share as a  blog an interesting topic you had  chatted or r

What is the difference between a comma and a period? A comma is a pause. A period is a full stop.

In English, punctuation is important. If you care about your readers, learn how to use punctuation properly. We all make mistakes sometimes. In fact, I have to look up comma rules regularly. This is one of my favourite resources for advanced comma questions. 

The most common punctuation error I see on MyEC is the comma splice. This is the use of a comma instead of a period between two independent clau

Dear sister, 

First of all, I have to say sorry for being so late to reply to you, but as u know we got snow here in my country this week end and consequently; no electricity, means no internet.

Concerning my letter, I feel very happy that you like it and the pleasure is really shared, and you know that !! It seems that you have good news about your work, you are clever, and you will succeed this is evident...

 For me too every thing i ok, I am still doing my training and enjoying, but at the same

The Story of Emily & Tomy

Some English Club members don’t use the chatroom often; some don’t use it at all. The reason why some members prefer to stay away from the chatroom is that they don’t feel comfortable there. Why? Because they are always pestered by people they don’t want to talk to. It is more common for female members to experience this than for male members. Consequently, I rarely use chatroom (maybe just to say 'hi' to some close friends) even though the chatroom is for all English Cl

I've spent a bit of time in the chat room over the last few days. I know that MyEC is a great social network for English learners and teachers, but I also know that we can do a better job of keeping our chat room focused on English learning. Many chatters have requested moderated chats. A moderated chat works best when a specific topic is chosen. For example, every Wednesday English language teachers participate in a moderated chat on Twitter called #ELTchat. We have a different topic each week.

Hello all members,

We are gathered from different places and countries. Some of us joined EC while others know nothing about neither their countries nor the language they speak by, though we communicate and build up lots of friendship. The common thing between us is English language.

We have the same aim and willing to learn one language, it is an "English language". We owe to this awesome site which grants us such features and great members to communicate with. :)

The founder of the site, the adm

Do you all know about the NEW feature in the MyEC chat room? It's the "Ignore"button. 

To find this button, make sure you have popped out of chat first.This will make the chat room window bigger. 

After you pop out, you can see the names of the people you are chatting with in the main room and in private rooms. Click on a name to see the drop down menu. Choose Ignore.

Why would you need to "Ignore" chatters in the MyEC chat room? 

• They are using abusive language.
• They are communicating in a language

We finally announced the 2011 ESL Site of the Year winner! Congratulations to PhraseMix! Please take a moment to check out this great site and congratulate Aaron. You can find PhraseMix on twitter or Facebook. Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in the poll. We truly believe this website deserved to win! 

Each month EnglishClub looks through several websites and chooses a Site of the Month to review and feature. Check out this month's winner. If you have any suggestions for sit

Dear Yasemin,

After reading Naveed's blog, it made me more and more eager to write you though I have no idea what to write, but in the end I decided to open a blank page and start typing. Who knows ideas will push each other out of the way in their eagerness to get to this page.

Well, let's see what do I have in mind... What about valentine Valentine's Day? :S Don't lose your appetite to continue reading it please, though I don't hold out much hope you will enjoy it actually *_*

I never feel the ne

My Dear Syubi!

I got your letter, and it made me happy very much. I laughed a lot while I was reading your sentences. You are one of the lucky ones to get a love letter from a little chubby guy! I would want to tell a story like this, but unfortunately, I don’t have one. I told you, you are lucky! :)

Don’t you think so it will be weird if I write a Valentine’s letter to you! haha :)) That’s why, I decided to predict your love life instead of being your lover! *_* Predicting is my art.

First of all,