When I first joined MyEC, I knew I wanted to motivate members to WRITE. I love teaching writing. Most importantly, I love showing English learners that writing can be fun. Writing practice doesn't have to be about corrections and grammar and organiza
Read more…Mayumi Ishihara is the founder of #twinglish on Twitter. She wrote a popular book called Tweeting in English on Twitter.Please follow Mayumi and ask her to join MyEC! You could also write a blog entitled, "Why Mayumi Ishihara should Join MyEC."Not on
Read more…#twinglish is a hashtag. It stands for twitter in English. A hashtag is a key word used on twitter. It helps you search on twitter. If you want to practise English with other learners and teachers, use the #twinglish tag. Add it at the end of every t
Read more…You can connect your MyEC status updates to twitter. Each time you change your MyEC status, your twitter status will also change. This is a great way to "kill two birds with one stone". It is also a nice way to share MyEC with the world. Your tweets
Read more…Are you familiar with Anne of Green Gables? It is a Canadian classic. Some members of MyEC are reading it together. I hope you'll join us here!
Read more…Have you experienced this? You check the box of the friend(s) you want to send a private message to, and the message goes to the wrong person?There is currently a bug with the member scroller which is used for choosing who to message. A fix is in pro
Read more…Thank you for agreeing to be a volunteer moderator for MyEC! As this community grows we will rely more on dedicated members like you to keep this a friendly, safe and enjoyable site for learning, teaching, practising and sharing English. We select mo
Read more…Approving Photos
All photos are reviewed before being accepted. On the right hand side you will see a link to photos that are waiting to be approved. Please accept or decline these photos each time you log into MyEC. Familiarize yourself with MyEC's P
Video Moderators can:
tag videos
feature videos
delete videos
delete comments on videos
flag content
Featuring
Please feature a few of the best videos each week by clicking "Feature" on the video you like. Also, please leave comments on videos regula
Here are the specific duties for Chat Room Moderators:
1. Visit the chat room each time you log in to MyEC. (daily if possible)
2. Watch for abusive language, non-English, disrespect and inappropriate content.
3. Take up any minor concerns with indi
Guidelines Coming Soon...Position: VacantIf you know an EC member who is interested in volunteering for this position, please invite your friend to apply for this position.
Read more…plagiarise/plagiarize (v) = copy someone else's work and pretend that it is one's ownplagiarism (n) = an act of plagiarisingNote: copying is not clever. Copying someone's work and putting it on MyEC does not help a member learn English. That learner
Read more…Blog Moderators can:tag blogsfeature blogsdelete blog postsdelete commentsflag blogsFeaturingPlease feature a few of the best blogs each week. Also, please leave comments on blogs regularly (especially for new members who do not have readers yet). Yo
Read more…EC Forum moderators should
- report spam posters, then remove spam posts
- move spam topics to Trash Can (Josef can then delete the user)
- move off-topic or off-forum posts to the relevant topic (new if necessary) or forum
- watch for insulting/abus
There have been a few points in my life when I have attempted to live without television. In general, these have been the best times of my life. I often wonder what life was like for people before the invention of "the tube". If I lived alone, I woul
Listen to the Monthly News Digest. Give yourself an extra checkmark if you filled in the blanks or discussed the questions with a friend.
Check out ESL Magazine or Survival English for English articles written especially for English learners. Be sure to name the article that you read. You can include the name and URL for any English article you read this week.
Check out Talking Point Discussions. Be sure to tell us which discussion you joined in on.
EC's online English lessons. Be sure to tell us which lesson you used. You can also include links to other English lessons you did online.
