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Writing Challenge #13: An Interview with Mr. Josef Essberger, the Founder of EC

Posted by Nafis on November 14, 2009


I clearly remember seven years ago when I came across "Seven secrets for ESL learners" on English Club. The information was so excellent and impressive that I wrote an Email to Mr.Josef Essberger, the founder of EC. Although my writing was not so good, he kindly read it and humbly responded. I could not imagine one day I can easily interview him, and as usual he accpetd my request right away and humbly responded. Here is the interview:

1-There is a photo on your page, the photo of the first co

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Writing Challenge #13:An Interview with Sir JOSEF ESSBERGER about The creation of English club

Posted by Hanane on November 14, 2009

English club has become one of the most famous and popular social networks on the web. His founder, Mr Josef Essberger, has agreed to accord me some of his invaluable time to answer some of my questions, Though he has a very busy schedule.Hello Mr Josef, first I want to thank you for accepting my request in order to put some light on this successful experience.1) What inspires you to create a club for learners of English language?That was way back in 1997 when I had just discovered the Internet.
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how to study English well ?

Posted by hu.lei on November 14, 2009
Hi boys and girls:I'm a learner of English. I come from China. I love English and I want to improve my English level. But I Don't know how to study English well. There are reading, listening, writing and speaking Which one I should study first. Maybe we can learn from each other. What's your advice to me ?
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Writing Challenge #13: An Interview with a MyEC Member

Posted by Tara Benwell on November 12, 2009

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For this writing challenge you will need a partner! You are going to interview your partner about a topic of your choice. You can choose any member of MyEC to be your partner.

Your task:1) Send a message to one of your friends requesting an interview.Example message: Hi Salim (my partner's name). Can I interview you for Writing Challenge #13? You will have to answer five questions. The interview will be published on my MyEC blog.2) Think of an interesting topic for your interview. You might want
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Tongue Twister

Posted by Tatiana on November 12, 2009
1) I wish to wish the wishYou wish to wish,But if you wish the wishThe witch wishes,I won't wish the wishYou wish to wish.2) Can you can a can as a canner can a can?3) Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.4) I can think of six thick things,Six thick things, can you?Yes, I can think of six thick things,And of six thin things, too.
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOST ?

Posted by shiva singh on November 11, 2009

In a life, We had listened many ghost type stories and some people felt them ,howz your feeling ?If you belive ,why u believe in ghost ?If you not belive in ghost , why u not believe in ghost ?
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Stand with me

Posted by Francesco Varano on November 11, 2009
this is a song written by me for my brit-pop band...you can visit us on www.myspace.com/soundalphabandStand with meYou saved my life which was poised downDo you smell that scent that lives on us, I found your feelings going ahead in goalYou light in darkness,You saving grace,To reach my happiness, with your life, in every place where I wanna go…Do you think I feel better than everSometimes my strength of will isn’t enough, I’m falling down and trying to get up again,I know I’m not perfect,I’ll b
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Jesus In Yellow

Posted by Mari Santiago on November 9, 2009
Credit is duly given to Patricia Evangelista of inquirer.net.THE GRASS IS YELLOW OUTSIDE THE GATES OF HACIENDA Luisita. Jesus walked here once.His father watched him die, almost five years to this day. Nov. 16 was when close to 15,000 tenants gathered to protest their treatment under the Cojuanco-owned Hacienda Luisita. Dispersal units charged with a thousand soldiers in full battle gear. The Northern Command numbered over five hundred. Stones and shouts, water cannons, tanks that barreled into
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The Mysterious Smile

Posted by m-alhabsi on November 8, 2009
A day has passed with beautiful nightSooner I fight with a fearful fact,Was it real or another un-true fact!!!Was it the same!!! The same Smile?!What a shape that`s seen far a mile?!Slighted knives of sharpen teethLiar smile, foamy beauty never to faithNearer and nearer approaching byFrighten adults while children cryIt`s the smile, the mysterious smile I call theeThe mystery of hidden roots of a treeAS M-ALHABSI SAIDlive your life for love and happinessAnd Take sadness away from your life
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BROCKEN DREAM

Posted by m-alhabsi on November 8, 2009

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------No life with desperation, and no desperation with lifeSo this way they have decorated our life with these broad titles, and hugemottos even we thought that we can overcome all difficulties and carrythrough the impossibles.We were young and our perspective to life is like garden where ouronly concern was to play and have fun. We find our great pleasurein dolls and toys given to us by adults, they deceive us as well as
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Unreasonable solution II

Posted by welia hadi on November 8, 2009
He didn't have a heart to see his beloved pet like that, day by day... he could only stared at it with heart in pieces, he thought through to find what he could do with it. He decided to burry it, in order that it didn't feel suffer anymore. He took a heap of sand and threw it into the pit, spade by spade. While he threw it, instead of burrying, the horse used to shake every sand from his body, so that it slipped from there, and the horse step on it, again and again.When he almost filled it up,
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The charming world of Sesame

Posted by kamel Adas on November 7, 2009

40 years on the world of sesame I think there's no one in the world didn't watch this nice children show .Actually I remembered that when I opened the Google and watch the picture of this nice cartoon. That makes me feel so happy to remember these funny and nice days. I think I'll never forget these nice characters which make my life so nice and full of happy moments :Bert ,Ernie ,Elmo ,cookie monster ,and the Count.What do you think about this programme?
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MY POEM;-)

Posted by Rafael on November 7, 2009
Beyond Every DarknessLooking through a bat’s eye, I felt,My heart skip a beat or two.Having no light of a firefly, I griped,And suddenly nailed my feet stuck.Rising unawares of upheaval,Cold feet cloaking me,I mumbled a weak helloBut what came backTo my ears, a soundThat mirrored mine.“HELLO? HELLO? HELLO?”My hair stood erect, forWhat seemed like an unexceptional soundBecame an evil chant in the darkness.“HELLO? HELLO? HELLO?”I shut my eyes, thinkingIt would fly me into the light, thinkingI woul
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.,......... Sindhi cuisine .............. a very intersting cuisine from pakistan

Posted by Ayaan Nawazz on November 7, 2009
.,......... Sindhi cuisine ..............Sindhi cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Sindhis from Pakistan and from India. The daily food in most Sindhi households consists of wheat-based flat-bread (phulka) and rice accompanied by two dishes, one gravy and one dry.Snacks........Kutti (Mashed Roti [Bread] with sugar and butter)Lolo or Mithi Loli (Sweeter version of koki)Ku-ini Kich-anee (Sindhi comfort food. A porridge like dish made with rice and served with yogurt)Chhola Dhabal (baked bread wi
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Write more on computers or on papers?

Posted by Coral Yan on November 6, 2009
I got a diary as birthday gift from my mother. Since then I have the hobby to write something on the pretty diary book. Everytime when I reviewed those stories I've written before, it's always like getting into the time machine. The fragrance of mixture of the paper and ink awake my desire to pick up the pen. I enjoy the time when I scratched the pen to record my thoughts in my secret garden. It's exciting!I used to write out a diary book every year, but recently I found that I can hardly fill o
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Unreasonable solution

Posted by welia hadi on November 6, 2009
As a human, certainly we always find problems or some difficulties. This story is a spirit to you who have a big problem....Once upon the time, there was a farmer who has a horse, and he was fond of it very much. One day his horse felt down into a pit, a very.... deep pit. Of course he was very surprised, and tried to help it hurriedly. Every effort he did, the result is nothing, but he tried and tried to help it. After several day... he couldn't do anything to took it out from the misery. He ga
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MONEY OR SATISFACTION

Posted by shiva singh on November 6, 2009
MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN SATISFACTIONSatisfaction is more imporatant then money because peoples are working and earn money but they are busy in daily work and want to earn more and more money ,but they do not feeling complete rest .they was thinking that money si more important so they have not feel comlete satisfaction becuause peoples are working for the prupose of satisefaction ,need for different things ,becuase every peoles want to earn money for the satisfaction .<2>If you have not mon
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