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Last week one of my friends give me a special gift, he went to Israel and stayed there for a month, he just back at home last week and give me a red thread , while he was tying the red thread  in my left hand, he told me a story about it  “I took this red thread from the Rachel’s Tomb , you have to ask for seven wishes while I do seven knots” – he said.

I was intrigued so I was looking for the Rachel’s tomb by internet, I have not found information about my red thread and my wishes… but I found

"Being is more important than doing"  ((Ekhart Tolle))

 This time I didn't have enough time to practice the song, "Our last summer" suggested by ABRIL, my dear friend.But, I like to take part in the contest since I had so much fun singing Lilly and helped me so much to learn about intonation in English. So, I really apologize for not "BEING GOOD ENOUGH" and hope you can bear my singing! 

Here is my recording:

Friendship Day celebrated on the first Sunday of August every year. A day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival became popular and now Friendship Day is celebrated in many countries. On this day people spend their time with friends and express love for them. On this Day Exchanging like flowers, cards and wrist bands(Friendship Band) are most popular. (Source)

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost" ~ Charles Caleb Colton.

NOTE: This blog for who wants to join our challenge in A New Word Daily's group. If you are interested and wants to know more about this challenge, please read this blog first!

Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “S” and has 10 letters long.

• He made a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ enquiry after her health.
• She was often s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of her daughter's feelings and intense reactions.
• He was also s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of my health and would notice when I was tired or under great strain.

Can you g

  I'm certain that there are a lot of poor children who want to learn but they couldn't attend school because:

1. They prefer to work in order to sustain or provide a living for their family.

2. Because of poverty, many women and children are become victims of sexual exploitation and prostitution. 

3. Those young children could be the next generation of scientists, educators, or lawyers but have limited access of support because they are living in far away islands and have no means to reach them.

NOTE: This blog for who wants to join our challenge in A New Word Daily's group. If you are interested and wants to know more about this challenge, please read this blog first!

Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “H” and has 4 letters long.

• The guest of honour was the Romanoff h_ _ _ to the throne of all Russia.
• Despite having a large family, they still had no son and h_ _ _.
• The estate will be yours in one year if the direct h_ _ _ is not found.

Can you guess the word of the day?

The w

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “C” and has 8 letters long.

• They always c_ _ _ _ _ _ _d to learn some from their aunt.
• Couldn’t you c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a meeting between them? I think they’d be ideally suited.
• Somehow she c_ _ _ _ _ _ _d to get tickets for the concert.

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word o

http://my.englishclub.com/group/karaoke/forum/topics/lets-singing-together

My dear members of Karaoke group,

We've just organized a contest, if you join us that makes us feel proud.

Could you ?

Here are some basic rules;

- You can submit your performance on this blog and please don't forget to link Karaoke group to related place.

- You can use video, audiboo or whatever tool you'll find easily,

- Please remember this contest is just a challenge for pronunciation.

PS; Thanks to Greg for this

Many of you use SKYPE and Audio Speaking Group and Karaoke Group to talk with each other, and practice speaking English. Has anyone tried the Voicethread website? http://voicethread.com

There is somewhat of a learning curve but would work VERY WELL with English learners. One person uploads a set of slides on a theme, and they can describe those slides and/or a task for the others, using text, audio, or video. Then as others sign on, they can all comment on each slide with text, audio, or video.

now I remember those words at the same place

But without you

I remember white flowers , my darling

I remember your fingers Permeate my hair

And I looking at your eyes and our laughs get louder

I remember while you running behind me

And you can’t catch me

I remember the wind when it fly my hat & we Running behind it

Here i am remember you my lover

And it doesn’t still

Except the memories ..

by blue rose

Hello my lovely friends. How are you? I hope you are super fine and Very Much Alive as me. I would like to introduce our winner of July's word challenge in A New Word Daily group. According to Our July's Scoreboard ...

Adnan jan = 7

Syubi = 5

Kaoru = 5

Oksana = 5

jane de villi = 4

Javier = 3

Montse = 3

Rabab = 2

nida = 2

anele = 2

feanoa = 2

amal hope forever = 1

Anna = 1

Saif Khan = 1

Addel = 1

Aang Anwaruddin = 1

sweet nikki = 1

april = 1

vahid morady = 1

lilidodo = 1

The winner is Adnan jan. Let’s congratulate

According to the challenge, contestants are supposed to sing "Lilly", so, here is my recording:

Express yourself with a variety of ways and you will know who you are!

There are many ways to express yourself, one of which is through photographs.There is no harm to express our anger or excitement in a unique way.

Why do we need to express ourselves? one way to cope with stress is to express yourself artistically. Try to be creative and divert energies positively. e.g. you can play a musical instrument, paint, photograph or write poetry, you can try to do these things to reduce the pressure o

Winning caption by Victor: "I look tattered, but be careful, I'm really an ancient Arabic magic carpet. Do you want a ride?"

Note about the image: This is my son's blankie. He calls it "Nana". We think the name came from "night night" but we aren't sure. He doesn't have a grandma named Nana. :) I repair this blanket on a weekly basis. Thanks for all of your fun captions. You gave our family some giggles! 

You can participate in Wordless Wednesday by uploading your own picture on a blog. Invite

I read a research into how people learn languages,shows us that successful learners tend to be highly motivated. It diveds motivation into two types: EXTRINSIC  " outside" and INTRINSIC "inside".

Extrinsic" ouside" motivation is when students want to learn because they might get the chance for a good job or to pass the exam with good grades and please their parents. The motivation to succeed is not within themselves, but is found in an external goal they hope to reach.

Intrinsic " inside" motivati

Several years ago I attended English courses here in Minsk. Our group was quite good at grammar but we were too shy to use our oral English skills in classroom. Then our teacher invented  a special system for us.

A person who said even a word in Russian without teacher’s permission got a Black card. It were just pieces of paper. One side was all black and from the other side she wrote different penalties.  Sometimes it was funny… but not for those who got them I think.

And the other part of those

NOTE: This blog for who wants to join our challenge in A New Word Daily's group. If you are interested and wants to know more about this challenge, please read this blog first!

Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “C” and has 6 or 7 letters long.

• Affectation of c_ _ _ _ _ _ is common enough these days.
• C_ _ _ _ _ _ is a rare thing among women when it comes to talking of the men.
• I believe that my c_ _ _ _ _ _ was a surprise; perhaps it seemed a defiance.
• "We really don't know what to do

 My experience is about learning, if you want to have a noticable improving of your learning process, study without any pause.!

As you can see the differences among my drafts, "you may easily fall back" like me.

Good Luck !