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2346191409?profile=originalA few days ago, i added a blog about the strange and funny things we had to face while learning english. The positif comments i received on that post motivated me to search for more. Are you ready for more fun ?Do you have any idea of what the word "oxymorons" means ? Noooo, it's not a kind of stange insect, neither the name of a rare disease that could affect our bodies.An Oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words.It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or cont
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My Guest Blogger: Mr. Steve Kaufmann

 

 

Have you ever dreamed to be a polyglot? You may ask what polyglot means. Polyglot is a person who speaks so many languages, let's say four or five or even more. Mr. Steve Kaufmann is fluent in 10 languages. As such, I was eager to know how he could have learnt so many languages whereas I am still struggling to learn only English. Two minutes after I sent my E-mail requesting him to be my guest blogger, Mr.Kaufmann responded and kindly accepted my offer. You can read his blog here: http://theli

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Despite being a pet at home may not goof off throughout the day. In fact, I have many things to do as well as that double as various roles and tasks. 

As my raiser goes to work, my works are just the beginning. Usually my friends pigeons, sparrows and I buzz about what captures we have had yesterday at our meeting. Then I enjoy my breakfast and take a good nap whenever I want. After that, I normally practice a meditation and take a sunbath after my lunch. Sometimes I may find a cockroach or gecko

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Hello everyone!

 

This blog is going to be special...

I would like to invite all my friends here to exchange their learning experiences. How did you get to My English Club? What have you learnt here? Do you usually have lots of help from your contacts? Who are they: students, teachers or native speakers?

Do you believe MyEC is a place for learning? Why?

 

So, if you have other things to contribute... I will love to read about them. Feel free to share what you want here. And if you allow me, I'll use y

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Some people think sports occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions. I agree with part of this opinion, to my point, I prefer using 'probable' to 'essential'.

As we know, sportsmenship has no boundary among the countries all over the world. Every aspiring athelet is focus on improving their skills in order to make their sports dream come true. Without considering of politics, religion, and race, people just enjoy in sports! Also, countries which are

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2346182971?profile=originalHere are some words that came to my mind while reflecting about the teaching conference I attended in the UK. Can you guess why I included some of these words? I will tell a little story about each word that you guess.

 

How to guess: 

1) Choose a word. 

2) Leave a comment below. Use one of the following methods of guessing:

a) ask a question (direct)

b) use "I think" + past tense 

c) use "I bet" + past tense 

d) use "I wonder if" + past tense

 

*Note: You can use a direct ("you") or indirect ("Tara")  fo

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Why Do You Love MyEC?

Here are my Top 10 things why I love MyEC. We might be sharing the same reasons.

1. Being a member of this social networking site, I've met interesting people and continuously meeting different people around the world, with the same goal, to be fluent in English.

2. It's educational. All the things you need to learn are all in this site. Be it on grammar, pronunciation, and articles about the English language. You'll have the chance to learn different places too.

3. You can be artistic. I can

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As many of you know, I am currently in the UK. Did you know that this is my first trip to Europe? Many of the English teachers here are shocked to hear this news. When I ask, "Have you been to Canada?" they usually shake their heads.

Would you also be surprised to know that I'm learning English while I'm here? British English is "brilliant". I love listening to the British accents.

Here are some British English words I've learned since I arrived (defined in Canadian English):

"brolly": umbrella (A
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A Short Comic#1 : A Soldier

 

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this dialogue is submitted by : Grace

 

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Hello friends,

Today I start to create a short comic with the aim of how to learn english with fun, I did adventure to MyEC photo gallery. And, I have chosen the first photo which is from Shalva Mamistvalov's photo : Soldier.

 
Why am I giving this game the title of "Short comic"?  the photo is able to give an illustration about a story or event based on the imagination that we have created it. Isn't it so fu

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Each month I post a new writing challenge for English learners. Everyone is welcome to join.

 

Here is a reference list of the first 30 writing challenges on MyEC. Teachers can use these ideas on their own blogs or in their classrooms. Students can review the archived challenges and try out any that seem interesting. It is always fun to revive an old writing challenge! Teachers are welcome to join as well. The more examples we have, the better!

 

Writing Challenge #1: Uh Oh What Happened?

Writing Ch

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Has blogging given me confidence and encouraged me? I would definitely say YES loudly! Blogging has been changing me day by day that I never expected. Before joining to blog MyEC, I was a kind of person who was quite timid to speak in public as well as worried about making mistakes while speaking or writing. However, things are were different after I keep kept blogging on MyEC by taking part in many intriguing activities for a long time. I myself found I could be able to come out with what I wan

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I've spent most of my leisure time here on MyEC since I joined this fantastic community two years ago. I've written dozens of blogs and most of them were featured here.

 

I still remember how excited when my blog was featured for the first time. The blog Native English Speakers' Blogs was a success and actually became a discussion about native speakers' roles (especially those of native English teachers) in helping learners learn English on MyEC. The blog got 92 comments and was at the top of the

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2346173673?profile=originalIn the last newsletter we made a special request for all of you to share your thoughts about blogging! I want to know how blogging has helped you learn (or teach) English. 

 

Why do I need your help? I will be going to a conference for English teachers next week. The conference is called IATEFL and it will be held in England. At the conference I will be speaking about blogging with MyEC learners. I'm hoping that some of the teachers will be inspired to join MyEC (or any blogging community) with th

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How MYEC Blogging Helped me!

 

 

I have been blogging for two years on MYEC and I am going to share how it affected both my English and my spiritual aspect of my life:

 

My very first blog and the first reaction to it!

I wrote my very first blog on 22 of May, 2008 at 14: 26 pm. I described my first trip to majestic Niagara Falls and put it on a website in which English teachers would correct it. My first writing was full of mistakes and I put it here exactly the way I wrote it with all the errors. You would be surprised how many

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i just skim over some blog in EC, some of them are really  impressive .

they are so impressive that i can help to write myself's blog at once and also bring back my passion to write.

 

 

i like writing , but recently i felt powerless to insist on writing english blog everyday for improving my written english.

it is my fault ,i know, my english is not good enough to express my real mind exactly.

i  bewildered how to write down my mind clearly ,and that's really make me disappoint myself .

then, i lose

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[I was so happy that my friend Ana agreed to be a guest blogger on my MyEC blog. Ana and I were high school friends. We were always in the same homeroom because our last names were alphabetically close. A homeroom is the room where you go to get your attendance checked. You also listen to announcements and the national anthem. Then you disperse and go to the classes that you have chosen, such as French or Drama. Ana and I recently became reacquainted through Facebook and our blogs. She is an ama

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Open Your Mouth and Speaking

    For our english learner,english is the second language for us,is not easy to open our mouth and speak to a foreigner,especially to a native english user.In this case,does the learning has any significance? We can use our morther language easily,why not  english.There are several factors,I think, caused this abnormal phenomenon.

   Shyness may be the main reason ,our face turn red at frist in front of a foreigner before our mouth opening.we have learned for many years,why we still shy to speak

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 hi everyone. This is topic of my excercise. I hope that you will read it and give me some advice. I really need your corections. thank you all!



Money can buy everything???

 As you know, money plays a crucial role in our life because we can not live without money. People need money maintain their lives. If we do not have  money, we can not buy food, clothes and other necessary things we need for studying, entertaining and working. However, in my opinion, money can not buy everything. No one can d

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2346168303?profile=originalIn the "blogosphere", there is a common trend called Guest Blogging. This is when Blogger A invites Blogger B (or an expert in a specific field) to write a post that will be shared on Blogger A's blog.

 

Many bloggers have a certain theme in their blog. For example, my personal blog is called Beyond ELT. It is mainly about writing. If I invited a guest blogger to that blog, I would probably invite a self-published writer. I might ask him or her to share a post about publishing an eBook. 

 

Why do bl

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To listen to the vocal version of the blog, please click the play button above!

 

 

Why do some discussions get more comments than others? How can we get more comments? In this short note, I am trying to describe first the difference between a blog and forum and then, how we can get more comments on MYEC forum.

 

The difference between a blog and forum:
To express yourself, to explain or clarify something, to share your thrilling experiences, etc, blogs are great place. You can also write about y

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