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HOW I LEARNED READING:

Prior to my school age I used to ask my mother to read story books for me. My mother had just the basic knowledge of reciting Holy Quraan, she also could read small books in our native language. Once she asked me why I would not learn how to read if I was so interested in stories. Then she taught how to read Urdu, which I learned prior to going school. My mother bought the very first book of learning Urdu Alphabets, their combination in twos or more letters to make words. M

Hi English Clubbers!

 I am hosting a free, group conversation lesson this Saturday at 5pm(PDT) (Sunday for some of you, check out the time conversion). Space is limited, and there are about 3 spots left. If you are interested, send an e-mail to:  convo@englishoutsidethebox.com and I will send you the link and necessary information to join our call!

  See you then!

Jennifer

Why should other countries be fussy about Indonesian policy related with the excecution? I think, it's not only in Indonesia that has such policy (execution), but also many other countries. Yet, why is it only in Indonesia that this matter become a big problem? Well, since I'm only a citizen, I can't help but just say that IT'S SHAMELESS. It's our internal policy, every country has also their own internal policy. I think other countries shouldn't interfere on it.

Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday, May 10. Last year many of you wrote beautiful pieces about your fathers for Father's Day. We even made a Father's Day collection. This month, I'd like to do the same for and about mothers! 

Here are some possible writing topics to explore in May. I will not assign a special format or assignment for this topic. You can choose any of the topics below (or choose your own related topic) and write a blog however you please. Then we will make a Mother's Day collect

Hi .....l,

How are you? It's a cool day. Birds have been chirping, tress are in blossom, yes, it is Summer here! And, I have been waiting for a long time to get a letter from you.

May be, you are busy, may be you have been trying to get a better job. But, is it the only reason to be  silent for so long?

Well, here I am doing good. I am also busy with my own life and study. But, my health condition is  not too good. I have been suffering from fever and cold since last week. Though I am taking medici

She didn’t answer my call…no reply on all of my message to her…

Mmm…she might be busy with her works now, maybe she had a meeting with all of her clients or she has been  busy with her father that was hospitalized.

But 3 days?? Come on….I feel something intrigued me…did I do something wrong to her? This is not her to be honest, something wasn’t right here….She hates me? but why? Those kind of thought keep ring around my head after 3 days with no news.

She read my messages but she didn’t reply me, a

In my journey of learning English, I met some white racist people. They think that they are superior because of their white color. My question is " Did you earn it?" Maybe your skin color is white but remember that doesn't possibly mean that you are superior human being. Racist people don't respect other people. As we all know that, human blood can only be in red. Some white people insulted me as being black. I don't have problem with color but I think color or race problem shows you the true co

Andita is in seventh semester of English department of Syiah Kuala University. She is very sweet, kind, and clever. Andita has so many friends in the campus, one of her best friend is Sarah. Andita shares everything to Sarah, they believe each other that much.
In the campus, Andita really loves writing class. The lecturer always gives a weekly assignment for the students. He asks the students to write a new topic every week, and submit it by Email. Andita always gets a good score for the weekly

It was eighteen years ago on a Holy Wednesday in the middle of the Holy Week that a disturbance interrupted the mood of that Lenten Season, lent of course is a time of temperance and even emotions should be kept at bay, now added to this gloomy atmosphere was an ominous old wives’ tale that goes, “Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe”, but something affected the quality of that day, for on that Wednesday, a little girl made her way into our lives and grabbed our hearts so that all of a sudden Easter

Writing Prompt ~ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Mrs. Jane: "Good morning, Della! I have been searching for a candidate like you all week by seeing your resume. Now, I want you introduce yourself, time is yours.."

Dellamitha: "Good morning, Madam! Thank you. My name is Dellamitha Arifiah. I like teaching very much. I have been teaching Mathematics for over three years privately. I have been studying Mathematics in the university of ABC for four years and I will have been graduated by the end of t

When i was child i had many question. was very curious now i have found the answers of that questions .I am writing here, hope u will enjoy these questions and answers.

1 DO FISH SLEEP ? 

ANS...   

    Yes fish do sleep and they sleep with their eyes open! they go in to daydream or night dream mode when they are resting. Unlike humans,who have a regular sleep pattern,fish can take a nap anytime they want day or night .

2 WHY DO ELEPHANT HAVE BIG EARS ?

ANS. . 

    Have you ever noticed how bih an elep

Where exactly this term come from? and what was the reason behind it? i wonder...mmhhh..

as I know Lie is bad, and white is the opposite of Black and Black tend to be identified as "BAD"

so WHITE LIE equal to GOOD LIE, what if we lie for someone's sake or for our own sake? will that be considered as a WHITE LIE?

what if we lied something for instance : " I wanna do my HW in my friend's house" but the fact is we went out for a movie, could it be considered as a WHITE LIE?

Can anyone describe how to c

Writing a review for an article means, identifying the basics of what you have just read, the core idea and the strengths or weaknesses of the writing itself. When you are sitting down to complete a review of an article, you are basically giving a thorough analysis of what you think, about the article and where does it lack the information you wished it could have as well as how can it be of use to people who are reading it.

Review writing, is becoming a norm for students in advanced levels of th

My name is Luthaifa, I am a Muslim and student in University, and my age 22 years old.
This morning is so bright and I was preparing to go to the campus and meet with my friends, after lunch we do the work in libraries, suddenly there is a man who approached our table, she immediately sat down and said, "Hi ... I'm Ali I often see you here, may I know what is your name?”
Then my friend replied "Hai..my name is Layla, she is Luthaifa and she is Kafi".
Then Ali said, "May I know further about Luth

This is the RESULT of your quiz based on Lesson 8 (Prepositions of Time).  Percentage is computed by the following formula:  

                      Raw Score/Total Number of Items x 100 = %

CONGRATULATIONS to RATU, HA NGUYEN, NIDA, NEW MEMBER, RABAB and MALKEET who got the PERFECT score.  For those who were'nt able to make it, you still have your chance to shine in the next quiz.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners,

Welcome to QUIZ 8.  If you think you are not ready to

Last night I watched a movie named “boyhood”. It was a nice movie which was about a boy named Mason and the ups and downs of his life from his sixth till his eighteenth. By watching this movie you get to live life with him and his family. Besides having some difficulties, I loved those scenes that they spend with their parents happily. There are so common things between families despite different cultures or different backgrounds; therefore in my opinion sometimes we can learn a lot of good poin

Last year, I got fever for a week, I vomited, I felt nausea, diarrhea, and also an extreme headache. The honey I consume as usual was run out, so I went to a doctor. She said that I got Typhus symptom, and I was given an antibiotic. The day after, I vomited all more than before. Then, I stopped consuming the antibiotic given. I remembered that I ever had been given antibiotic but I didn't consume all. My headache was relieved of the pain a little. But, three days later, my eyes were yellowish. I

In my opinion English is some kind of different when English natives speak ,because they use a lot of slangs, idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs, which for non native English speakers find it difficult to understand. So I share it to you guys, so we could learned from it.

here is an example;

Layne : I feel like having a ball, Let's splurge.

Kurt : I cant come with you, I'm broke.

Layne: Nothing to be worry. I'll pick up the tab. Im loaded today. I'll treat you.

Kurt : No, we'll go Dutch. I dont

It's been a while since I wrote anything in here. Consciously or otherwise, I've distanced myself from MyEC for a while now. I guess what made me left MyEC more than five years ago had reared its ugly head once again. Back in March, when I came back from a short hiatus due to my health, I logged into MyEC chat room and felt like once again a complete stranger among strangers. It felt like I had nothing much to say, nothing in common with them. The 'mind games' such as trolling and changing of ni