Question Of the Week : What made this group so special that you are still around ? ;-)

[pln471]

Dear all,

I have been a member and a volunteer teacher here since April 2008.

Looking back at all these years,I cannot help wondering why this group
has been unforgetable to me and several of you,as well ...

Would you like to share with us all old and new why it has been
important to you ?

What was the fondest memory of yours ?

What do you think you have gained from this group ?

As for those who are new,please let the rest of us know what you
expect to have while spneding your time here ...

Thank you in advance and let me tell you all who responded again it is
great to be back !!!

Good night and see you soon !

Pauline from Taiwan writing from Poland ;-)

[Cookie Moni]

Hi all,

I am new to this group. ;D Well, I was searching for a group where I can practice my English. I wished to have my own group but I am not good enough and it's too hard to find anyone interested in. So, my next choice is to find people who are interested in learning through Google. And here I am with you today.  Thanks for all your efforts and I am glad to be with you. :) 

Best regards,

Mona. 

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[sjunior]

Hi Mona.

I agree with your words.

How we can start? 

Best regards.

Jr.

[Cookie Moni]

oppps. I made a mistake. I should say "how to keep yourself motivated" instead of "who".  Sorry, typo mistake. ;) 

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Cookie Moni <janeey...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi sjunior, 

How are you doing? It's a really good question. I've been asking myself this question for about a year now. :D And now I've got a friend have the same problem. He do not know where to start. Well, I can say that I partly have found my way. Sign up for sites that offers free email lessons or news letters, be a member of any forum that interests you and leave a comment and wait for replies, use YouTube videos, songs with lyrics, chat rooms, Fb groups for learning English, follow learning English sites on Twitter, start your own blog and write down what you've learned, ... should I continue? ;)  There more and more that you can do. But now I am asking myself, does that work? o.O 

I can't do all those activities at once, and so do you. But that's what I've doing lately. :(  when you try so hard, you get lost again. But you know what? The question is who to keep yourself motivated while you can't find any one who support you? :( Or even join you in your long journey.  Maybe it just me. ;) I am not good in making friends or maybe in choosing them. However, sjunior, don't let anyone put you down and don't let yourself down either. Even if it looks so complicated sometimes, we still have to try and we should keep trying and trying till we find our way. 

Best regards, 

Mona. 

[Cookie Moni]

Hi sjunior, 

How are you doing? It's a really good question. I've been asking myself this question for about a year now. :D And now I've got a friend have the same problem. He do not know where to start. Well, I can say that I partly have found my way. Sign up for sites that offers free email lessons or news letters, be a member of any forum that interests you and leave a comment and wait for replies, use YouTube videos, songs with lyrics, chat rooms, Fb groups for learning English, follow learning English sites on Twitter, start your own blog and write down what you've learned, ... should I continue? ;)  There more and more that you can do. But now I am asking myself, does that work? o.O 

I can't do all those activities at once, and so do you. But that's what I've doing lately. :(  when you try so hard, you get lost again. But you know what? The question is who to keep yourself motivated while you can't find any one who support you? :( Or even join you in your long journey.  Maybe it just me. ;) I am not good in making friends or maybe in choosing them. However, sjunior, don't let anyone put you down and don't let yourself down either. Even if it looks so complicated sometimes, we still have to try and we should keep trying and trying till we find our way. 

Best regards, 

Mona. 

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:06 PM, sjunior <sjuni...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pablo]

Hi All,

What I feel I need is a group to study or just to talk. But it's hard
to find people with the same interests, time zone and the same free
time. For instance, I have some time and tranquility just on weekends.
Thank you.

Pablo

[Pablo]

And I would like to add that for me, writing is a time consuming task.
If we just could talk and interact, we might get the most of our time.
What do you think?

Thank you,

Pablo

[pln471]

Hello Mona,Sjunior,Pablo and all,

I have difficulties finding like-minded teachers on facebook who are
willing to devote their free time interacting with learners via voice
or video chats. Take me for example,I seldom use voice chat with any
learners individually because if I do,I cannot multi-task my posts and
comments in at least 5 groups I am involved with on facebook.

I myself prefer interacting via comments on Facebook or messages here
in this group. I have gotten to know quite a few of you,Pablo,Ed (the
moderator) ,Anurag,Eduardo Rocha,Rafael
Oshiro,Mikhail,Andre,Simone,Vera,Jason
Chan,Serdar,Charles,Ali,Alberto,Marcelo,etc this way and we have
developed quite a strong bond to write freely to one another and have
in-depth discussions on quite a few diversified topics during the last
3.5 years...

I used to hold Skype group talks (voice chats) about 3-4 times only
and strictly during week days as I have a family with 2 little sons
and it isn't suitable for me to talk on the weekend.

Since I asked Ed to make me admin yesterday,from now on this exchange
of messages will be more intensive and hopefully productive !!!

I would love to see any of you taking ther initiatives to post
anything that interests you :
Learning tips,songs,videos,poems or articles to enhance our language
skills will be highly appreciated !!!

Let's motivate one another and think and act positively !!! ;-)

Great day to you all !

Pauline

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[SIMONE AVNISHA]

It's great news Pln!!!!!!!!! congrats............
will be looking forward to a lot of activities in this group really soon!!!!!!!!

regards,
Simone.

Simone.... :)

[Justin ZHUO]

Pauline 

Are u taiwaness ?

Justin 

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[Cookie Moni]

Hi there, 

Well, I agree with Pablo. It's hard to find anyone who interested in being active learner. If you don't have much time for a voice chat or finding people on line, you can use sites like "voice thread " where you can make a group and everyone can join you by recording their comment. I see it efficient. But as you said, it's hard to find anyone interested in. :( 

However, if you guys interested in, please let me know. Let's see if it work out. 

Regards.

[Pablo]

Hi Mona, nice to meet you!

I've already registered in voice thread. Looks interesting. Thank
you! :) Have you tried it yet? Are you interested in create a study
group with tools like that? Anyone else?

Pablo

[Pablo]

Hi all,

This is great: http://pinterest.com/

Taking the idea of voice thread, I think we could practice ourselves a
lot using images and videos to describe what we see.

Pablo

[Pablo]

When replying to a message now you have the option to send the reply
only to the author, in order to not spam to other members who receive
all the post by email. Thank you, To do so, use the option 'reply to
the author' instead of the option 'reply'. Thank you,

Pablo

On 15 dic, 22:39, Pablo <pchamorro2...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[pln471]

Dear Justin,Mona,Pablo and all,

Yes,I am Taiwanese and I have been living and teaching English in
central Poland for 5 years now.

Great weekend to you all !

Pauline
P.S. There is a Skype group talk tomorrow hosted by one of the group I
was added to and I have tagged those of you here who have facebook
profiles.
I won't be able to attend,but if possible,you should try ! ;-)

It is Skype Voice Conference Topic titled "Travel experiences"
Please add the host skype ID :onlineteaching_ksa

Thank you !

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[sjunior]

Hi Mona.

That's cool, but, do you can send me links for example? 

Sorry for my delay in answer.

Hugs.

Obrigado.

Sinesio M. Silva Junior 

Development Team Lead

http://about.me/sjunior.ti

[sjunior]

Hi Pauline.

Thanks for your availability and willingness to help us.

And sorry for my delay, again.

In my work I had many problems over the past days.

Hugs.