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I have been a English teacher for 4 years and this year has been really hard. My studentrs seem to not liking the classes and the activities that I make are worthless to them. Besides, they aren't good at my classes: they get up and talk, they make fun of their classmates and they say that learning English is a waste of time (and if you have read my previous blog, you know what I think of that).

I try to be as creative as I can: work in groups, make plays, listen to music and have lots of fun wi

Did you know that today, September 21, is International Day of Peace? Some people call it Peace Day. It's wonderful that a club like MyEC has people from so many countries. There are sometimes arguments about race, religion or politics in the chat room, but for the most part MyEC is a very peaceful place. I have learned so much about different countries from all of you! 

Another thing I love about MyEC is hearing the different English accents from all over the world. Many of you have tried using

Please . write your captions  for it. Thank you.   :)

     Through my study to English, I've studied phonetics which is of great importance for learning the correct way of speaking the English language. One of the most significant things I've learned is assimilation. Assimilation is something which varies in extent according to speaking rate and style; it's more likely to be found in rapid, casual speech. Assimilation in most cases affects consonants.

Types of Assimilation:

1-A final consonant with alveolar place of articulation is followed by an ini

Hello everyone. 

Today, I would like to write about something that is awark for me. Wasting time. First at all, I would like to ask how do we invest time. I mean, when you study or work are you investing your time? And when you play video games and watch t.v. so you waste it. I don't think so. I think time is a thing that you cannot either invest it or waste it. The time can be only spent. 

You spent time doing the this you are due to do or you like to do; so you spend time when you're working,

  It was a beautiful Thursday evening in Manila, Philippines. On that day, I was traveling on a bus on my way home together with my family. My sister and I were chatting about the things we accomplished. The bus driver turned on the TV and switch to a news channel. I remember how the first tower was hit by an airplane. It was unbelievable as I thought. It was like an action movie being commercially aired. The reporter kept on narrating the news and as I observed, all people on the bus were sho

Dear EC friends,

Better late than never !!! I wrote this post more than 3 weeks ago and i forgot to post it. So here it is. I hope you will enjoy this little Turkish tour.

Today, everything is quite here, it's the third day of Bayram holiday and most people are with their family, relatives or friends. So i was thinking about something interesting i could do on my own and, all of a sudden, an idea came to my mind. Why wouldn't i go to the the open air « mini city » museum to make pictures of som

No one promised that LIFE would always be FAIR.

People are IMPERFECT, we make MISTAKES and bad DECISIONS

You may have been HURT by OTHERS in the PAST,

But the IMPORTANT part is how you

CHOOSE to deal with that HURT.

Failing to let go of the PAST and holding to GRUDGES

and ANGER can only cause HARM in your LIFE.

CHALLENGES and TRIALS are the PROOF of how BETTER,

MATURE and STRONG we are as a PERSON.

by: Raquel B. on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 1:09pm

I was standing alone when I saw a woman who was looking at me as I looked at her. I smiled at her but I noticed she was crying.

She was yelling but I heard nothing. People around her were laughing and enjoying with one's company but it seemed like no one noticed her.

I was shocked because she was bleeding, she was begging for help but she said nothing. She was dying... my heart was in pain as I looked at her. I did not want her to see in that

"Tabe Marche" is festival's name in my city.
There are many kinds of food shops in a "Tabe Marche".

I went there with my friends.
I bought the fried chicken and soy sauce yakisoba.
The fried chicken's taste was salty.
Salty fried chicken and soy sauce yakisoba are rare.

And I bought spicy vegetable curry.
Curry was too hot for me !
But it was very delicious !

Do you think that boy should or shouldn't cry.

In my personal opinion, I think  boys can cry when they feel like crying. Of course, I would say that boys should not cry in public. They rather do it in private, buy yes, us as boys can cry.

Sometimes, we cry because we feel blue and we can show our feelings. Sometimes, people feel happines or are nostalgic so it would be good to cry. Some people cry because they are heart-broken. 

I like to cry once in a while, because when I cry I feel relief and

If you have your CHANCE now, take it.

If you want something, nothing can STOP you.

Don't leave your life to FATE and DESTINY.

It is always your CHOICE. Take CHARGE.

Do what you can now. Do what makes you HAPPY.

If you get beaten, then you'll know it wasn't for you.

At least there won't be regrets.There's always a RISK. But not taking that RISK is an even bigger RISK.Have a nice day my English club^_^

Today in my country, we are celebrating love and friendship's day. It is not a national holiday but it is a very common spread feast. Many people consider this day as a commercial day, when companies and enterprises want us to buy things for our beloves and it can be true. However, having special people in your live it is just an amazing opportunity that God gives us and we have to take advantage of that. 

I have lots of friends and my family is very special for me so, this day it's made for sha

This article from Russia Today highlights the lies and hypocrisy of NATO and the West very well.

The war criminal trio Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron originally attacked and bombed Libya with the "humanitarian" mission of "protecting civilians". Now that their mission is all but accomplished, the truth is there for all to see. Now that the boot is on the other foot, so to speak, there is no talk of protecting civilians from the NTC. On the contrary, NATO is doing all it can to assist the anti-Gadd

Facing an Interview for the Post of Marketing Officer

Suman as: Candidate

Rajesh as: Interview Board

Next week, I will go to Bangkok for a short trip.

It will be my first time.

Is there any EC friends from Bangkok ?

or anyone have suggestion for a good place to visit ?

Warm Regards,

Next week I will go to Bangkok for a short trip.

Is there any EC from can give me suggestion about the the nice places to be visited ?

Thanks and Regards,

The most important  thing in life is that you LEARN from whatever you take on and you end up being a BETTER person.

^_^

We "teachers" read and studied alot of books and articles about teaching strategies,but ..Can we apply all those theories in the class??What do you think?

For me, I can say that theories can help but if we know how to apply them correctly and add our own experience and personality.

Teaching is not only about motivating students to learn ,but about helping them how to learn and get the essence of the information.If the teachers have the passion and the the love to their career ,so I think they can