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MyEC Member: Nadira Moosin Asad

Country: Sri Lanka

Occupation: Teacher of English

Motto to live by: never say never

Special role on MyEC: Chat Room Moderator

Popular Blog Post: Spamming

Nadiyah : Hi teacher Nadira, how are you? you are always doing something great, in your real life and at MyEC. Can you share with us here on how you first felt when you joined this site?

Nadira : Thank you Nadiyah, I felt over the moon (so excited) when I found a site where I could finally get learning tools to be adapted at class, and also learn and share at a touch of a button. 

Nadiyah : I know and admire you as a good friend, great teacher with dedication in your profession, and a mother to your daughter, and being one of the volunteers at MyEC. How do you schedule and manage sharing your time?

Nadira : I keep time for them during the day, and concentrate on MyEC at night and mornings. My work has become bit more hectic with new professional classes for the adult learner. This is a giant step to me comparison to my secluded work style with kids. 

It is good experience though I find it easier with children by molding then whilst young. I keep my time occupied with work and being online, as my daughter is not with us, Incidently she is coming today from Australia,  am looking forward to it. 

Nadiyah : This is a great experience to us, we deal and get to know the various characteristic of members from most countries. Is there an experience that makes you feel uncomfortable especially against spammers? I've been there when someone sent a message to my inbox and asked for some money ... hhmmm they thought that I have a lot of money, hahaha ...

Nadira : Most definelty yes. It has sharpened our minds and attitudes in adapting to an international body of people. When we come across spammers it makes one annoyed of such selfish people who either try to advertise their businesses or to exhort money from unsuspecting persons who are here to enjoy and learn English.

This behavior would most definitely would effect new members so those of us who know should continue to alert the administration from these vices, to continue making MyEC a safe and an enjoyable social and learning retreat.

Nadiyah : Your blog always reminds me and the members here, to be careful. I feel we must know the characteristics of the spammers. Is there anything else that should be acquired for us to feel safe and comfortable to focus our selves in achieving our target for fluency in English. One can see many members leave this site primarily due to spammers.

Nadira : About The characteristic of spammers :

first, They attack new comers, so its best to the members especially welcoming committee to check new comers on and off to alert spamming .

second, They promote their personal goal to the member not any thing to do with learning  English. It could be for recruiting people for work : this is a form of advertising with no cost, the credibility of the source is not known where members may fall into trouble.

third, The Spammers aim to get  private email addresses which would  lead the members to bad sites, racketeering and extortion of money. Many months ago I remember Mr Bob and I came across this menace through a nik called Rose  from Senegal, we did some detective work by alerting an unknown member to respond, and realized it was not for any good reason. This was the turning point for me to alert the administration and I continue doing so.  

I had an amusing personal experience when one of these  known names  appeared on my husbands e-mail, so you can imagine how sweetly I responded to the " Sweet hearts" ;) 

fourth, I feel all who welcome the new comer, alert the links pertaining to spamming will bring more awareness the member ref MyEC SpamBusters.

Nadiyah : As a teacher of English, would you be able to give the keys to success for learning English? Thanks for your time, teacher Nadira. You share many valuable things for me and the members here. All of us are books, about life ...

Nadira : Correctly qouted Nadiyah we all are books of life enriching our thirst inquest of knowledge. There is no end to learning at any stage, to the beginner the best advice is work hard and be active on the site using all four learning skills. You could join Tara's groups (EnglishTeacher) where you will be guided in writing blogs, audio challenge Audio Speaking Group. And the rest of the featured groups in particular. Some time ago we were given a challenge and mine was tips for the learner ref Writing Challenge#25: 7 Secrets in learning English.

Thank you too Nadiyah to this interview :)