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Hello! I'm Tara Benwell, the administrator of MyEC. I love working with English learners from all over the world in this club. I am also the awards editor for EnglishClub.com and Teflnet, and I contribute monthly materials, articles, and tips for learners and teachers at both sites. I also connect with learners and teachers via EnglishClub.com's Facebook, twitter, and Google Plus accounts. If you have any questions, let me know!
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Posted on May 17, 2013 at 15:00 7 Comments 11 Likes
My father and his wife are doing some traveling this month. Their cruise ship made a stop in Belgium this week, and my stepmom shared an excerpt from her travel diary that I thought you might be interested in. The poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae is one that most Canadian children learn in school, and it is interesting to learn more of the history behind it. My stepmom gave me permission to share her excerpt with you. I hope you find this post as interesting as I did. Maybe it…
ContinuePosted on April 30, 2013 at 18:31 16 Comments 2 Likes
My older brother built a stage in our basement for my kids last week! We painted the wall behind the stage with chalkboard paint. This way, the kids and their friends can draw whatever scene or message they want for their plays and performances.
The chalkboard paint has a special warning…
ContinuePosted on April 12, 2013 at 19:40 16 Comments 14 Likes
I just returned from an excellent TESOL convention in Dallas, Texas. The annual convention provides professional development for English language teachers from all over the world. I always enjoy listening to the ideas of teachers, administrators, publishers, and writers. Like every year, I always come home feeling inspired.
This year, I attended an excellent session on materials writing. In the English language teaching (ELT)…
ContinuePosted on March 15, 2013 at 13:00 17 Comments 14 Likes
How do you want to be remembered? Write one sentence in the past tense about how you want people to remember you.
For example: "She was a generous neighbour who was always there to lend a hand."
This challenge may change the way you live your life!
Share your sentence with us in one of the following ways:
3 Options For Joining the MyEC One Sentence Challenge
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 19:30 13 Comments 10 Likes
Hi writers! We've had a few serious months of writing, so now it's time to have a little fun. You'll need a partner for this month's writing challenge!
Your Task
1) Ask a MyEC friend to write an incomplete sentence that could be the start of a story.
2) Start a new blog post. Use your friend's sentence to write the beginning of a short story. Use the title: Writing Challenge: Finish my sentence [Be sure to give credit to your friend…
ContinuePosted on February 14, 2013 at 22:00 5 Comments 10 Likes
I want to share a quick tip about tagging! A tag is a keyword. You can add tags to the blogs, photos, and videos you post on MyEC. This makes it easier for members to search for specific content. It also helps English learners learn new words! Use a space after each tag.
If you want to use a phrase or expression with more than one word in your tag, you have to add quotation marks around the words. For example: "Why did the pope…
ContinuePosted on January 14, 2013 at 15:23 22 Comments 11 Likes
Sweety had a great post about some gifts she received in January. She challenged members to share a photo of a gift they had received recently. Sahar shared a beautiful post with a collection of gifts. This inspired me to collect a few gifts that my family received recently. I have a little story to…
ContinuePosted on January 10, 2013 at 15:00 17 Comments 18 Likes
How were your holidays? Did you all enjoy yourselves? I enjoyed myself. My children enjoyed themselves too! They got a new karaoke machine for Christmas. My daughter always sings to herself in the shower, so my husband thought it would be a fun idea to buy her some…
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⊱ Mickey ⊰ said…
Bala from India said… 
Hello Tara. Here is a question in the district level that I do not sure the answer. May be you know the answer:
Give the correct form of the verb:
The population of the world is growing up everyday. Cities( become) bigger every year.

You are very welcome! Thanks for feedback :)

Hi, Tara!
Here is the cup song :)
Hi Tara!
I really impress of what you did. So amazing!!! :o :))))) :o 998 discusions, 172 blog posts,... I still can't read all
I like your discusion because they are very useful. Here is some of my question:
- How long have you been here?
- Did you read other member blog posts and their comments?
- Did anyone honestly thank you for what you did?
- Do you have some real friends on my EC?
That was all questions I want to ask you. Answer them as soon as you can.
:)))
Lynne said… Hi Tara!
I am so sorry if the Activity 1 link for "Broccoli and Shrimp Gratin I shared here with you could not be viewed by non-members. I am sending my invitation to you again.
Please join the Recreation Group, though still in the making. You are most welcome and be my commentator. You are the expert I know. :)
Thanks Tara.
Have a nice day!
-Lynne-
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