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My sweet friend Maggie is a lovely Lady from Switzerland. It was a great chance to meet her and I’m so glad! She is Swiss and a quarter Algerian as she said. She speaks many languages; English, German and others. She practices and teaches Judo, I discovered that during a discussion in Creative Minds group. Maggie is a friendly woman; she met me with her family, we talked to each other by Skype and shared many topics, but still I didn't hear her voice! Maggie, Have

Today, I start writing the first blog for Teacher Tara’s Challenge. I myself have been learning so much from friends in EC. I’d like to say a Big Thanks for all. But I just can only introduce three one of my friends

Ha Nguyen,

She is one of some my first close friends in MyEC. She is Vietnamese. She lives in Vietnam like me but in different city. Her mother’s language is Vietnamese. And she is a diligent English learner even in MyEC or in real life. Her writing and communicating skills are good. I

Hello everyone. 

Last month I decided to make a blog entry and i read all the responses I got. I was a bit too much concern about people saying that they make mistakes and they said that they want to avoid making them. I have reflected on that, and I have draw the conclusion that mistakes make part of the learning process and if you don't make any mistakes, you are probably not learning because you are not taking challenges or you're over thinking a lot about the rules.

First at all, I'd like to c

I'm back after a long time. I was away from EC because I had exams.

By the way, My dear EC friends, how are you? I hope everyone is fine and doing good in their life. I was waiting for my exams to be over so I can come here and learn with you guys. 

 I did quite well in my exams. But my last exam didn't go well. But my grades will tell about my performance. Till then, I have one month's vacations. I want to utilize my time. This time I will not waist my vacations. I promise.

* Point out my mistakes

LOL! It'll take a lot of my time if I introduce all MyEC friends one by one in this blog, so just let me introduce only five.:)

Aija is one of the very helpful member of MyEC. She has joined MyEC recently, but it seems as if she has been here for a very long time. She helps English learners over Skype and she also has a personal group on MyEC. She is from Latvia. She is a Latvian. The official language of Latvia is Latvian or also sometimes refereed as Lettish. Her profile shows that she speaks R

Dear teachers registered at EC,

As an active member of EC, I have been concerned about how many students here want to practise their English but they cannot afford any paid live lessons.

There I have an idea:

Why don't we organize at least a once-a-week tutorial for 4 students in a conference via skype?

If we are six teachers, then we can offer a 1-and- a- half hour class a week each, so our students can come over and enjoy free live lessons and we will be collaborating with the world-wide English l

Mary was an English girl,but she lived in Rome .She was six years old.Last year her mother said to her ,'You're six years old now,Mary,and  you're going to being going to a school here.You're going to like it very much ,beacuse it's a nice school.

'Is it an English school?'Mary asked.

'Yes,it is ,'her mother said.

Mary went to the school ,and enjoyed her lessons.Her mother  always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon .Last MONDAY her mother went to the school at 4

she is six years old too,and she is very nice ,but she isn't ENGLISH.She is German

'doeas she speak English?'MAry's  mother asked .

'No but she laughs in ENglish ,'Mary said happily..

steps to understanding

Mary was an English girl,but she lived in Rome .She was six years old.Last year her mother said to her ,'You're six years old now,Mary,and  you're going to being going to a school here.You're going to like it very much ,beacuse it's a nice school.

'Is it an English school?'Mary asked.

'Yes,it is ,'her mother said.

Mary went to the school ,and enjoyed her lessons.Her mother  always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon .Last MONDAY her mother went to the school at 4

   EC Dream

        I always liked to be a millionaire, also I liked to travel whole the world. But one of my biggest dreams is visiting my EC Friends, and all EC members in the real world...

Now, this is my dream:

        I hope that we will be able to celebrate one day in a year as EC anniversary every year in one place in the world.

I also planned it in this way:

        I would be a millionaire then I would be able to prepare a party for all EC member in my country and invite them here, then

An old lady went out shoping last Tuesday.She came to a bank saw a car near the door.A man got out of it and went into the bank .She looked into the car.The keys in the car.The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank .

The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk,Give me all the money !

But the old lady did not see this.She went to the man ,putthe keys in his hand and said'Young man,you're stupid!Never leave your keys  in your car:some one's going to steal it!'

The m

As I learn about Degree of Comparison or some people say Comparative Degree.

there are two kinds of them.

The First is

using More and The Most

for example

Beautiful --> more beautiful --> The Most Beautiful

The second is

using ..er and the ...est

example

pretty --> prettier --> the prettiest

The first is for long word and the second is for short word, but I find it different for the word FUN

it becomes more fun not funer or funner?

any body can explain it?

thank you

This passage is my homework which is given by my teacher to improve my writing skill.Now,I need some suggestions.

Since ancient times,except Tang Dynasty,the slim figure always conforms to standards of beauty of people.However, along with the increasing continually of the people's life level,the prevalence of obesity becomes higher and higher, which causes more and more diseases.So it becomes a major problem of the society's most pressing.Then,why is obesity increasingly serious in our country?I

Hello MyEC friends, how are you doing?

Do you know that there are only two seasons in Indonesia.. Dry and Rainy. This month, Rainy season comes and it rains everyday.. what we are affraid is flood..  in some places the flood comes suddenly. Wow..!!!

Writing Challenge: Nations and Nationalities

Expector Smith is EC modrator. He is from China. He is Chinese. He lives in China. His native language is Chinese. I think Chinese is a difficult language to speak! But I really like to learn it:). He speaks English, too.

hoat lives in Vietnam. He is Vietnamese. I have some Vietnamese friends in EC. Thety are really nice poeple:). His native language is Vietnamese.He speaks Vietnamese and English.

Dwika Meta is from Indonesia. She is Indonesian. I hav

As many of you know, I am from Canada. I was born and raised here in Canada. This means I am Canadian. You could also say that I am a Canadian. My mother tongue (also called "native language") is English. In school we learned French as a second language.

Did you notice that I capitalized some important words in that introduction? Nations, nationalities, and languages are all capitalized in English. There are many countries in the world, and English learners often mix up nations and nationalities.

Hello and welcome to Meaningful  Monday!

Today we’ll be learning how to share meaningful topics, through adding a photo we think that it’s expressive and has such importance in our life.

I’ll start this challenge by adding this picture:

Instructions :

•  Give a short description for the photo. (less then 3 sentences).
•  Give a meaningful title to the photo above. (don’t complex it, it could be simple and funny)

 The best title and description will be added to the photo and quoted by the name of member wh

Hi, guys! We want to announce nominees for chatter awards for November 2012. Some nominees are still the same members, while there are new nominees in some awards. We want to thank you to these members who make the main room, a dynamic, fun and entertaining room for themselves and other members as well.

So, these votes are opened until December, 2nd 2012. Each member only can choose one time, so choose wisely. 

The Most Helpful Members:

Darius, Markteacher, T-Mal, Behnam

To vote, click here.

The funn

Sophia In The White City - Algerian English Novel

"Oh my God!! 9 am! I’m late!" said I. I’m missing the boat! I decided to visit the library this morning.. backward to my memory "Oh yeah! I didn't feel when I slept, the korean darama was so romantic!.. Oh come back to your sense girl! You have an hour in your hands! It’s Friday and the library will close early, you have to harry up!" I jumped from the bed and run to wash and wear my clothes, "No time for breakfast , let’s have a banana!".

I reac