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I, Gabriel Sowrian, take great pleasure in presenting this plaque to our very

First Winner of the "Reading Homographs" Challenge!

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[Prostomolotova Galina's Voice Recording]
I'd like to advise you to play the audio once the background music has ended!
Meanwhile, click HERE to see the 22 sentences that she has read for us!
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If you have heard not about the challenge or would like to participate, please check it out HERE.

This is your opportunity not only to win a beautiful plaque but also lear

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friendship

friendship is not a game to play, It is not a word to say, It doesn't start on March and ends on May, It is tomorrow, yesterday, today and everyday.
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Unity in Diversity

2346536781?profile=originalMy country has a profound motto that is taught to every single student since they started school, the motto is “Unity in Diversity”, or in ancient local language is “Bhinekka Tunggal Ika”. And those words are written in our country’s symbol, the strong bird, Garuda.


I’m blessed to be born in a beautiful country, Indonesia. Indonesia is an archipelago compromising thousands of islands, blessed with fertile lands with so many vegetative. Many cultures, many languages, traditions, and of course wit

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Surprise

Sitting in the balcony, bathing the bright shine and looking at the mountain far away, a light smile suddenly appeared on Milan’s lips. She thought of the other day and the surprise, happiness arose from the bottom of her heart...

Milan lives with dad and grandma since she was 7 years old after dad and mum divorced. In her memory, she just knows mum is a pretty woman. Grandma doesn’t tell her much about her beautiful mum, and she dares not to ask her dad either, so “that woman” in their mouths is

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Unbecoming Me

I've always felt that life is an adventure, and that something great will happen along my journey. Coming to "The Land of Milk and Honey" was the adventure of a lifetime I've been dreaming of. I wanted so much to come here and experience the things that I've seen in the Hollywood movies. I came here full of hopes and dreams. When I passed the interview, happiness filled my heart because I know the dreams that used to occur in my head are about to come true. But as we know it, dreams and realitie

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A few years ago, I adopted two freshly weaned puppies from the same litter. The particular breed of dog is known as a Labrador Retriever. In the US, we just call them Labs. They come in a variety of colors and are one of the most friendly, intelligent, interesting, and loyal K-9 companions (in my opinion) that a dog owner could ever have the pleasure of spending time with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever . I'll allow the link to give further explanation of the breed. While at the

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Ohh,the crazy place!

Oh,the chatroom world,

that we enter day after day,
fingers on the keyboard,

Trying to express what we want to say,

oh,the fun that we can have,

And a little bit of headache as well,

Lovers or just friends,

What will happen,we never can tell,

Oh,the friends we've made,

and a few enemies we've made too,

so much time we've spent,

Have we got nothing else to do?

Oh,the good people,

or the crazy ones we've never met,

do we have conscience,

when many words we should regret ,

oh, the crazy words,of some people in th

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Single Man and his Two Wives

Ali is 55th year old man, he is working as achieve and a manager in his own eating place, in a small town eastern Sudan. He never minds to marry although he is from a Sanctifies married life community, he should marry before 30 years as he said.

All single men who are taking meals in his eating place have good relationship and he became their Godfather in the small town, suddenly he married two ladies in a week, this event became the city talk, the central questions are why Ali was waiting this l

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Marry Me, please!...2

Time flied, I was promoted to a higher office and my parents urged me to build up my own family. They found a girl for me who I had never seen before. It is a bit incredible, yes? My boy, you know, at that time most of us had arranged marriage, it was a common way and accepted by all. And I followed their arrangement and was going to marry that girl. 

However, you could hardly cheat your heart, it is always awake. I changed my mind when I heard her hubby died in a traffic accident, left her with

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Did your classroom ever speak with a classroom in another country? 

Some teachers here in Saudi Arabia have tried this with English classes using Skype or similar video broadcasting services.  Geography or Social Studies students in the UK, Australia, South Africa or North America may like to Skype with your English class. We all can benefit from learning about other cultures.  Wars usually happen between strangers, not between friends.  As we meet people across the world, our friendships help to

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“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

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So i guess this is the moment to say my goodbye,
it's time to let go and move on with my life.
sure i've been hurt before and my world was shattered into pieces,
but to continue loving you and to hope that you'll love me too is just absolutely pointless.

i know i can make it, i know this for i am strong,
so please stop returning, it is not me where you belong.
set me free, i deserve to be happy,
don't you see, we were never meant to be.

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First of all, let me remind you that I am not a teacher of English, so this is just a suggestion. The idea came to me while I was watching this movie called Before Sunset

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I believe some of you out there are so eager to speak English fluently (like me), you wish you can speak with someone 24/7. My former English teacher used to say “if you want to master English, marry a native speaker of English.” You wish if at all that will happen!

Thus, just like in t

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♥ I live in a castle ♥

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

The moon is my bed

Clouds my quilt

The sun is my kitchen

Stars my light

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Grasslands are my taborets

Seas my bath ponds

Animals are my people

Trees my soldiers

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Fogs are my curtains

Rains my washers

Winds are my fans

Snows my dancers

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Flowers are my skirts

Boats my shoes

Rills are my bows

Hills my stockings

 

I live in a castle

A castle just me in

Talk wi

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Some Spoken English Hot Tips.

My answer to a common question

Phonetics; Learn the '42 sounds of the English language', a simple online search for these will supply you with learning materials and audio files too.

Vocabulary; learn as many new words as you can, try to use your new words in speech as soon as possible.

Try to focus on learning as many common phrases as you can, this is a great way to improve your English speaking.

For those of you at an advanced level, who wish to take their speech a step further, and for those of

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Infinitive after who, what, how etc

1. In reported speech, we can use an infinitive after the question-words who, what, where etc (but not why) to talk about questions and the answers to questions.

verb + question-word + infinitive

                            - I wonder who to invite.

                            - Show me what to do.

                            - Can you tell me how to get to the station?

                            - I don't know where to park the car.

                            - Te

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When we were young, we often didn't care with all the advices given. Since you have passed that time, and (maybe) have realized all the wrong things or good things you had done, what advice would you give, or encouragement...

I hope what all of you will post here can become my lesson too...

Special thanks to my friend Dayne who has helped me for this discussion...

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Marry Me, please!

Dear Marcus,

Congrats on you! Tomorrow you are going to marry your deep loving girl, I feel the same happy as you do. Tonight you are so busy and excited as I can see. You know, my boy, you are very charming and your smile is so bright.

Hmmm, I still remember couple of years ago, the day you came to ask me if you were good enough after you broke up with your first love, that day, you were so sad and tired. My boy, I know, I am always sure you are a kind and soft boy. But I told you if you loved he

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My Hobbies

It has been a while since I posted anything on my blog though I have two essays I have drafted and need editting. I promised myself to finish reading at least one book before I start writing again since I have ignored this activity almost two years now.

Continue writing! Continue writing! Conveniently, this thought persistently lingering in my mind. It did not go to rest until I stopped reading for a minute and started writing something.

“You have not read those books,” my husband frequently remin

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Some words I love

                          

                                     Love  Simple                                   Cute  Novel

                           Explore                      True         Natural                     Adventure   

                           Wonder                              Life                                  Experience

                            Travel                                                                       Learned

                              Walk            

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