Hello....you need to drop the word "the" before hard work and also before motivation. It should read " both hard work and motivation are important for success" Same with the second sentence....no"the " before those same two words. You can reverse the sentence if you want but it is correct either way. Can say something like...for success you need hard work and motivation...and luck! Hahahahaha hope this helps

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Hi Cesar,
 
Sorry for my incomplete message last night. My computer or internet server was not functioning working well.




In addition to wishing you all the best for 2017, I wanted to find out if you still have any interest in collaboration this year ? Are you continuing teaching English to engineering students? I was so impressed with your students' posts and very disappointed in my class' inability (other than the student Arslan) to produce their own blog posts. Because I couldn't make this activity a requirement of my class because blogspot.com is a public space (not private), so most students felt no obligation to do it. I can't even take a class photo and post it because of regulations to protect the privacy of our students. However the students themselves can take photos of each other.

Hello....very well done....some comments....in the first sentence the word "functioning" is not wrong but it's much more common and likely that an English speaker would use the word "working" in that sentence.

The next sentence needed a question mark at the end since it is a question :)

What are some alternative ways I can ask my 3 y.o. to do some activities with me?

Just brainstorming some ways to express the same simple idea. Please, besides making corrections to the grammar, I would like you to comment about how natural would any of the ways I wrote would be and each which ones you use the most, and most importantly I would love to hear your own sentences and expressions, the ones you use on a daily basis.
Direct:
Let's water the plants with the watering can.
Will you join me in watering the plants?
How about helping me to water the plants?
Please help me to water the plants?
Are you helping me to water the plants?
Would you like to help me to water the plants?
It's time to water the plants, let's go!
Let's go water the plants.
Indirect:
The plants look a bit dry. I think they need a bit of water, don't you think?
I was wondering if you feel like watering the plants right now! Grab the watering can/pot.
How about grabbing the watering can and give the plants some water. They look thirsty/dry.

hi Paulo...I did not correct punctuation....I think your English is really good....just had minor correction. 

Not sure what type of phrases you'd like to see that a native speaker uses every day?

what do you mean when you say : i'm keen

Hello everybody !

I would like to know the different usings about the word : keen
Thank you for your help !
isabelle

hello isabelle...

correct wording of your sentence would be

"I would like to know the different USES OF and meanings of the word keen"

another way to ask would be to say

"I would like to know the meaning of the word "keen" and how to use it in a sentence.

hope this helps!