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Maybe you have felt or even said,  

"No one visits my page or leaves comments for me"

Is this you?

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Don't be sad, be active on MyEC.         If you become very active and treat your friends the way you want to be treated, you will be popular and also begin to improve as a person and hopefully as an English student. 

We sometimes get a message from a friend on MyEC complaining that their friends don't comment or say hello. PLEASE DON'T MESSAGE US ABOUT HOW NO ON

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Chapter 1 : Please read here

Chapter 2 : Please read here

~~~~~~ Chapter 3 ~~~~~~

Fifteen years later.

"Lina .... you work too hard". Lina had to smile upon hearing that voice. Saufiq had been saying that to her for the past few years. 

She looked up and gestured at Saufiq to sit. "We are supposed to go out for lunch, remember? You promised me." Saufiq pretended to whine.

"In a minute. I need to answer this important e-mail." She tried to sound stern, but it was hard. She could not help from keeping a

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My Short Story - How I Wish

"This short story is dedicated to Tara Benwell who showed me that I can write something totally alien to me. To Mickey for always come up with many interesting stories. To my dearest friends, Grape and Eric who first motivated me to write. To all my EC friends, thank you for the friendship."

"Knock, knock". Just looking at that simple words, suddenly my dreadful day seems to be of the past. 

"Where have you been?" I asked.

"I haven't seen you in a few days."

"Are you okay?" I know I was bombarding h

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My dairy

My  dairy is now full of your poems ,

sometimes...

in absence of mind I turn out the pages..

search my existence  in your poem...in your complements,

like to lose myself in your poem....

Now my dairy is full of your poems.

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Chapter 1 : Please read here

~~~~~~ Chapter 2 ~~~~~~

That was yesterday.

When she needed him the most, he was not there for her. She knew she was being irrational. It was not his fault that he was not there when her parents had broken her dreams. It was not his fault that he was leaving when they had promised to study in the same university. It was not her parents’ fault that they were poor. It was not her parents fault too that she was the first born. It was not her parents faults that she had to

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 Hello dear readers, this week I'm inspired to write something about travels, and to kick off on this subject I decided to talk about "hints" to go almost unnoticed as a tourist in the following destinations: London, New York and Paris. So, let's start right now that!!!

# 1 destination city: London

       

 tip 1: Don't go out with no umbrella;

 tip 2: Practise your good manners. Always say thank you and "excuse me" all the time;

 tip 3: Never eat a "kebab"on the London streets. It's highly unlikely

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Hi guys :) After a long time of silence I am coming back with new blog. This is about Practicing/ Teaching Online!! 

Here are few things You can do - read blogs like this, listen to songs in English, talk with other people online! 

Reading blogs

Here we can find many useful blogs. All we need to do is to find blog according to our likes! It's better to read about things we really like. 

Listen to songs 

Find songs with lyrics and sing along :) That was how I learned pronunciation. 

Talking to others o

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Dedication : This short story is dedicated to all my EC English Teachers : Dayne, Chloe, T Mal, Cheetah, Vanessa, AB (Ameni), Tim New - thank you guys for helping me. I know you tried your best, but ... LOL. 

To all my rumbustious Indonesian friends : Narizawa, Laalaa, Ken and the others. You guys are really funny.

And to all my EC friends - you know who you are. 

And special mention to Samu.

~~~~~~ Chapter 1 ~~~~~~

“Lina, wait up”.  Lina stopped dead in her tracks. With a heavy heart, she waited for

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Guess The Word! 5

-verb or noun

“to cut something or tear it into very small, narrow pieces; a small amount of something.”

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• Cut the cabbage into fine long s_ _ _ _.
• They may be s_ _ _ _ding documents.
• He said there was not a s_ _ _ _ of evidence to support such remarks.
• He was left without a s_ _ _ _ of self-esteem.
• Finally s_ _ _ _ the carrots, cabbage and cored apples.
• There is not a s_ _ _ _ of truth in the story.

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Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "S" and is 5 letters long.

Answer = Shred

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Voice recording Challenge

Voice recording and sharing the  different ways of  voice  presentation is  fun for the learner and the fluent  speaker! You may be wondering how it  could  be done at My English club ,especially the new members.

Take a peep at  this  group link http://my.englishclub.com/group/audiospeakinggroup

This  opens to many interesting discussion links which  one could  voice  record  and share . 
this  enables  the learner  to be more  confident in practicing   their  speech 

There are many discussions , mo

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Hello, there! 

I often hear people pronouncing the word 'Skype' as /ˈskaɪpi/. Usually, I tell them politely that the letter 'e' in this brand name is 'silent'. Thus, we should say /skaɪp/.

To my amusement, some of them take note of what I say while the others dispute my claim. Here's a video that I stumbled on just now. It tells us how the word in question is actually pronounced. Shall we listen to it, guys?

Now, do you know any other commonly used words that often confuse us? If you do, please sh

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This week is Teacher's Week in Iran. I was watching TV that I heard about the smallest school in the world. I've searched about it in the Net, and if you let me, I like to share it with you here, too.

Abdul Mohammad She’rani, a young Iranian teacher in a very remote village in Iran, bloging about his very small school and his 4 students in a small Iranian fishing village of Jamalabad Kalu near the southern port city of Bushehr.

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Social media did something nearly miraculous: Iranian media and even

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Guess The Word! 4

-An adjective

-Definition:

  1. Almost or nearly as described, but not completely.
  2. Not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so.

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Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ collapse of the country's economy.

My daughter has a computer program with a  _ _ _ _ _ _ _  pet cat that she feeds and plays with.

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Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "V" and is 7 letters long.

Answer = Virtual

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Love Scratches

Today was "Mother's Day" in Iran.

We were in a celebration in our university and I've heard a nice story about Mothers that If you let me, I like to share it with you here.

        Once upon a time a Mother was looking at his son who was playing inside the lake. She was enjoying watching her son, but suddenly she saw an alligator which was going toward her son. She shouted and run to her son quickly. The boy turned his head toward the alligator but unfortunately it was late…

The alligator took the

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Wordless Wednesday #2

2346574127?profile=original A king's praise is worth the best coffee in the world!

Winning caption from Anele! This photo was taken in a coffee shop. Thank you to all who took the time to participate on this Wordless Wednesday! Cheers! ☺

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Guess The Word! 3

-An adjective

-Definition:

  1. (of an argument, theory, or policy) Logical and consistent.
  2. (of a person) Able to speak clearly and logically.

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Nor does either of the two parties have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ political agenda.

The student received validation that his essays had been _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when he received his test back with a large "A+" on the front.

I wish i was as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as the people in honors classes.

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Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "C" and is 8 letters long.

Answer = Coherent

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2346574175?profile=originalMy older brother built a stage in our basement for my kids last week! We painted the wall behind the stage with chalkboard paint. This way, the kids and their friends can draw whatever scene or message they want for their plays and performances. 

The chalkboard paint has a special warning on it:

Wait three days before drawing on chalkboard surface. 

You can imagine how hard it is for my kids to wait! They are eager to draw their first scene and perform their first show. In the meantime, I can't hel

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A Young Boy's Plea...!

 

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Daddy’s been gone
Gone for so long
For him I pray
He joined the Corps
Fighting a war
Somewhere far away
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He promised me he’d return
When the Chanukah candles burn
So here I wait
The blessings I recite
By the candle-light
But it’s getting late
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CHORUS:
Daddy come home
Stay with me
Let me hold your hand
Let me sit upon your knee
I see fear
In Mommy’s eyes
Every time she cries
And tries to comfort me
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It’s scary here at home
My mind begins to roam
Have I lost you?
I hear the phone
Mommy’s mournful moan
It can’t be true!
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Guess The Word! 2

-A verb

-Definition: *Strengthen or support physically or mentally

*to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

*to keep alive


*to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss

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The love of his family and friends _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ him through his ordeal.


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The company has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ heavy losses this year.


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He cannot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a normal conversation.

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Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "S".

Answer = Sustain

 

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