#9 It’s a strange world: No meat, no milk, no eggs
❓Can you live without meat, milk, eggs and other animal products?
❗️You may think it’s impossible but actually many people do just that, not only in India but also in developed countries. Some even refuse to wear leather shoes! Find out what this movement is all about and why these people say no to eat animal products. Don’t call anyone crazy before hearing what they have to say!
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
▶️ Here’s a YouTube video about Veganism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwoL6hWd4l0
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture
❓Can you live without meat, milk, eggs and other animal products?
❗️You may think it’s impossible but actually many people do just that, not only in India but also in developed countries. Some even refuse to wear leather shoes! Find out what this movement is all about and why these people say no to eat animal products. Don’t call anyone crazy before hearing what they have to say!
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
▶️ Here’s a YouTube video about Veganism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwoL6hWd4l0
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture
#5 Go out and teach! Error correction
❓Students make lots of mistakes. Should you correct them or not?
🔎 The question is not whether you should or shouldn’t correct mistakes in general. As teachers we should decide which mistakes need correction. Distinguish between errors and mistakes. Errors are more serious as they are repeated and show a lack of knowledge.
🔎 Too much correction makes your students shy or fearful and too little correction makes them careless or overconfident. Both extremes are bad. Your students are also different, some demand more correction and some feel embarrassed when you correct them.
🔎 You want to be polite, so you don’t like to interrupt your students. This is a good time for you to take notes for feedback. Later when you look at your notes you can decide which errors to correct, and your students will pay more attention.
❗️Don’t think that correcting students is traditional and that modern teachers don’t correct their students.
👉@afandi_english👈
❓Students make lots of mistakes. Should you correct them or not?
🔎 The question is not whether you should or shouldn’t correct mistakes in general. As teachers we should decide which mistakes need correction. Distinguish between errors and mistakes. Errors are more serious as they are repeated and show a lack of knowledge.
🔎 Too much correction makes your students shy or fearful and too little correction makes them careless or overconfident. Both extremes are bad. Your students are also different, some demand more correction and some feel embarrassed when you correct them.
🔎 You want to be polite, so you don’t like to interrupt your students. This is a good time for you to take notes for feedback. Later when you look at your notes you can decide which errors to correct, and your students will pay more attention.
❗️Don’t think that correcting students is traditional and that modern teachers don’t correct their students.
👉@afandi_english👈
#34 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following sentences:
• She uses brushes when she washes dishes.
• She teaches languages with messages and speeches.
❓What can go wrong here?
❗️When adding -es after [s], [z], [ʃ] and [ʒ] sounds the [ə] is actually pronounced. Many students pronounce it like She us’s brush’s when she wash’s dish’s and She teach’s languag’s with messag’s and speech’s, which is not correct. A few more words for you to watch out for:
• changes
• judges
• matches
• oranges
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following sentences:
• She uses brushes when she washes dishes.
• She teaches languages with messages and speeches.
❓What can go wrong here?
❗️When adding -es after [s], [z], [ʃ] and [ʒ] sounds the [ə] is actually pronounced. Many students pronounce it like She us’s brush’s when she wash’s dish’s and She teach’s languag’s with messag’s and speech’s, which is not correct. A few more words for you to watch out for:
• changes
• judges
• matches
• oranges
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
#15 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi on a ghost market
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
#4 Education Video: What’s wrong with our education system?
❗️Education systems in every country have similar problems. What are they and why do we have these problems? A lot of that has to do with the development of education in previous centuries. Watch this video to find out what’s wrong, so you can do better as a student or a teacher!
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpg-lVWLbE
👉@afandi_english👈
❗️Education systems in every country have similar problems. What are they and why do we have these problems? A lot of that has to do with the development of education in previous centuries. Watch this video to find out what’s wrong, so you can do better as a student or a teacher!
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpg-lVWLbE
👉@afandi_english👈
YouTube
6 Problems with our School System
The traditional system of education was designed in the industrial age and is now outdated and ineffective. Learn about the 6 major problems with the system. At NEXT School, we are bringing a much needed upgrade to the education system to address these problems.…
#1 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Happy Birthday, Uzbekistan!
🆕 On today’s special occasion I’m bringing you new series of posts about travelling in Uzbekistan. Some Afandi fans followed senior travel expert Mr Hoffmann through the depths of Asia. Now you will have a chance to take a tour through the depths of Uzbekistan! Buckle up for some poorly taken photos, useful vocabulary and culture insights! All photos are original.
Foreign visitors to Uzbekistan would notice the slogan “O’zbekiston kelajagi buyuk davlat” (The future of Uzbekistan is that of a great country). But in recent years it has become less and less visible. I like to think that the future is finally here. Happy Birthday, Uzbekistan!
----------Vocab----------
📍occasion = special event📍depths = deep points📍buckle up for sth = put a seatbelt on (in a car) = get ready for sth📍insight = understanding sth from inside📍slogan = a phrase that’s short and easy to remember
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
🆕 On today’s special occasion I’m bringing you new series of posts about travelling in Uzbekistan. Some Afandi fans followed senior travel expert Mr Hoffmann through the depths of Asia. Now you will have a chance to take a tour through the depths of Uzbekistan! Buckle up for some poorly taken photos, useful vocabulary and culture insights! All photos are original.
Foreign visitors to Uzbekistan would notice the slogan “O’zbekiston kelajagi buyuk davlat” (The future of Uzbekistan is that of a great country). But in recent years it has become less and less visible. I like to think that the future is finally here. Happy Birthday, Uzbekistan!
----------Vocab----------
📍occasion = special event📍depths = deep points📍buckle up for sth = put a seatbelt on (in a car) = get ready for sth📍insight = understanding sth from inside📍slogan = a phrase that’s short and easy to remember
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
#12 Tongue twister: Rural rearing
❗️Challenge yourself and practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today.
▶️ Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
Translation:
Rory jangchi bilan Roger tashvishchi qishloqdagi pivo zavodida noto’g’ri tarbiyalangan.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – Make sure you don’t trill the r’s as you would in Uzbek or Russian.
🔘 Pronunciation – Be consistent with rhotic r’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English). The r’s after vowels, at the end of a syllable, are only pronounced in rhotic varieties of English, most noticeably in American English. But there are also rhotic dialects in Britain and non-rhotic dialects in America. The rhotic r’s in this tongue twister are: Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Challenge yourself and practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today.
▶️ Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
Translation:
Rory jangchi bilan Roger tashvishchi qishloqdagi pivo zavodida noto’g’ri tarbiyalangan.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – Make sure you don’t trill the r’s as you would in Uzbek or Russian.
🔘 Pronunciation – Be consistent with rhotic r’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English). The r’s after vowels, at the end of a syllable, are only pronounced in rhotic varieties of English, most noticeably in American English. But there are also rhotic dialects in Britain and non-rhotic dialects in America. The rhotic r’s in this tongue twister are: Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#12 University Vocab: Science, What Science?
❓Academic subjects, also called disciplines, can be divided in two kinds. What are they?
🔎 On the one hand there are natural sciences, sometimes also just called science. These include mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. A scientist is always a person from the natural sciences.
🔎 On the other hand there are social sciences, also called humanities. They include disciplines like history, psychology, philosophy and sociology. People working in those disciplines are called scholars, not scientists.
❗️Natural sciences and humanities go hand in hand but natural sciences usually get more funding from governments and are more prestigious. To distinguish them from the humanities they are also called hard sciences or exact sciences, sometimes criticising the others as ‘soft’ or ‘non-exact’ sciences. Social sciences are usually stronger in countries that have academic freedom.
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
❓Academic subjects, also called disciplines, can be divided in two kinds. What are they?
🔎 On the one hand there are natural sciences, sometimes also just called science. These include mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. A scientist is always a person from the natural sciences.
🔎 On the other hand there are social sciences, also called humanities. They include disciplines like history, psychology, philosophy and sociology. People working in those disciplines are called scholars, not scientists.
❗️Natural sciences and humanities go hand in hand but natural sciences usually get more funding from governments and are more prestigious. To distinguish them from the humanities they are also called hard sciences or exact sciences, sometimes criticising the others as ‘soft’ or ‘non-exact’ sciences. Social sciences are usually stronger in countries that have academic freedom.
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
#35 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bizni sessiyagacha har kuni uch paradan darsimiz bor.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
We have three pairs every day until the session.
✅ Well, it should be:
We have threepairs classes / class periods every day until the session final exams / exam period.
❓Why?
❗️ A pair just means two of something. It’s true that university classes are twice the length of school classes but just pair is too unspecific in English. We can speak of class periods or just classes, or be more precise and say lectures or seminars.
❗️ The word session in English literally means ‘sitting’ and describes people sitting together for classes or workshops or training, etc. A teacher could start a class and ask the students “What did we talk about in our last session?”
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bizni sessiyagacha har kuni uch paradan darsimiz bor.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
We have three pairs every day until the session.
✅ Well, it should be:
We have three
❓Why?
❗️ A pair just means two of something. It’s true that university classes are twice the length of school classes but just pair is too unspecific in English. We can speak of class periods or just classes, or be more precise and say lectures or seminars.
❗️ The word session in English literally means ‘sitting’ and describes people sitting together for classes or workshops or training, etc. A teacher could start a class and ask the students “What did we talk about in our last session?”
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
#11 YouTube Channel Recommendation: National Geographic
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Science, nature, adventure, travel
💡 Content: National Geographic has a wide range of videos that are not just interesting but also educational and entertaining. Some of the videos were made for younger audiences, and these are especially good for language learning. But not only that, you may also find it exciting to explore the planet.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Science, nature, adventure, travel
💡 Content: National Geographic has a wide range of videos that are not just interesting but also educational and entertaining. Some of the videos were made for younger audiences, and these are especially good for language learning. But not only that, you may also find it exciting to explore the planet.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#16 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi protesting against pollution in a cotton field
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
#2 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Stop!
“Stop karantin!” written on a roadblock is pretty clear, right? Cars cannot pass because of the lockdown. But hey, the world is big and different people see different things in the same picture. Not long ago, thousands of people took to the streets in Berlin, protesting against the German government’s strict measures to contain the coronavirus. I remember seeing that all over the news. Looking at the roadblock a second time I thought: “Ah? Would anyone in Uzbekistan protest and write ‘stop the lockdown'?” – of course not, it’s just a missing comma! “Stop , karantin!”
----------Vocab----------
📍lockdown = “karantin” in Uzbek; the English “quarantine”, pronounced ['kwɒrənti:n], only means keeping infected people away from others📍take to the streets = protest on the streets📍protest = complain publicly about sth bad or unfair
📍measure = official action📍contain = stop sth from spreading📍all over = everywhere
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
“Stop karantin!” written on a roadblock is pretty clear, right? Cars cannot pass because of the lockdown. But hey, the world is big and different people see different things in the same picture. Not long ago, thousands of people took to the streets in Berlin, protesting against the German government’s strict measures to contain the coronavirus. I remember seeing that all over the news. Looking at the roadblock a second time I thought: “Ah? Would anyone in Uzbekistan protest and write ‘stop the lockdown'?” – of course not, it’s just a missing comma! “Stop , karantin!”
----------Vocab----------
📍lockdown = “karantin” in Uzbek; the English “quarantine”, pronounced ['kwɒrənti:n], only means keeping infected people away from others📍take to the streets = protest on the streets📍protest = complain publicly about sth bad or unfair
📍measure = official action📍contain = stop sth from spreading📍all over = everywhere
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
#12 Learn how to learn: Fluency vs Accuracy
❓ Some say it’s more important to speak, no matter how many mistakes (=fluency), others say that it’s better to speak correctly from the beginning (=accuracy). Who is right?
Both are wrong. Here’s how:
1️⃣ What you prefer depends on your character. We all know this from the classroom – some students are more outgoing while others don’t want to look stupid in front of others. How about you?
2️⃣ If you prefer fluency you should do something about your accuracy. Don’t think that more speaking will help your English so much. You probably have a lot of bad grammar and pronunciation habits that will become harder to fix in the future. Start dealing with those mistakes.
3️⃣ If you prefer accuracy it’s time for you to start appreciating your mistakes. They can actually lead the way to real improvement. Take more risks and don’t care so much about what others are thinking. After all, you’re learning English for yourself!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❓ Some say it’s more important to speak, no matter how many mistakes (=fluency), others say that it’s better to speak correctly from the beginning (=accuracy). Who is right?
Both are wrong. Here’s how:
1️⃣ What you prefer depends on your character. We all know this from the classroom – some students are more outgoing while others don’t want to look stupid in front of others. How about you?
2️⃣ If you prefer fluency you should do something about your accuracy. Don’t think that more speaking will help your English so much. You probably have a lot of bad grammar and pronunciation habits that will become harder to fix in the future. Start dealing with those mistakes.
3️⃣ If you prefer accuracy it’s time for you to start appreciating your mistakes. They can actually lead the way to real improvement. Take more risks and don’t care so much about what others are thinking. After all, you’re learning English for yourself!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
#5 Featured article: Free online classes
📍 This article gives you lots of links to get online education of all kinds and about anything you might be interested in – from Harvard to Khan Academy and much much more. All you need is time, enthusiasm and of course a few megabytes!
⛓ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/technology/personaltech/education-free-online-classes.html
👉@afandi_english👈 #article
📍 This article gives you lots of links to get online education of all kinds and about anything you might be interested in – from Harvard to Khan Academy and much much more. All you need is time, enthusiasm and of course a few megabytes!
⛓ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/technology/personaltech/education-free-online-classes.html
👉@afandi_english👈 #article
NY Times
Continue Your Life’s Education With Free Online Classes
If you’re pondering a career shift, looking to learn a specific skill or just plain bored, consider a web-based class to broaden your horizons.
#36 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
U bo'lajak rafiqasini birinchi marta uchraganida uni yaxshi ayol deb o'ylagan edi.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
When he first met her future wife she thought he is a nice woman.
✅ Well, it should be:
When he first met her his future wife she he thought he she is a nice woman.
❓Why?
❗️ Uzbek pronouns are gender-neutral while English pronouns are gendered.
❗️ Some job titles are gendered in English, like waiter/waitress and actor/actress, as well as royal titles, like king/queen, prince/princess, emperor/empress and duke/duchess. Furthermore, as in Uzbek, there are some weird gendered words for some animals, like cow/bull etc., but did you know lion/lioness?
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
U bo'lajak rafiqasini birinchi marta uchraganida uni yaxshi ayol deb o'ylagan edi.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
When he first met her future wife she thought he is a nice woman.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ Uzbek pronouns are gender-neutral while English pronouns are gendered.
❗️ Some job titles are gendered in English, like waiter/waitress and actor/actress, as well as royal titles, like king/queen, prince/princess, emperor/empress and duke/duchess. Furthermore, as in Uzbek, there are some weird gendered words for some animals, like cow/bull etc., but did you know lion/lioness?
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#13 World Englishes: Japanglish
❗️ Japanese English is called both “Japanglish” and “Engrish”. You can see English everywhere in Japan but it doesn’t mean Japan’s 125 million people all speak it. Nevertheless Japan is a big player in international business and it’s good to be familiar with Japanglish.
🔘 Pronunciation: The English [L] can be [r], therefore the name “Engrish”. The English [v] may sound like [b]. Syllables in Japanese end in a vowel, so “screwdriver” becomes “sukurudiraiva”.
🔘 Grammar: Japanese word order is very different from English and the subject may be skipped. There are also no articles in Japanese. All this may be heard when Japanese speak English.
🔘 Vocabulary: There are many English words in Japanese, but they don’t always mean the same. Check jpninfo.com/30257 for a good collection.
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ Japanese pronouncing English words
⛓ A song about Japanglish
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
❗️ Japanese English is called both “Japanglish” and “Engrish”. You can see English everywhere in Japan but it doesn’t mean Japan’s 125 million people all speak it. Nevertheless Japan is a big player in international business and it’s good to be familiar with Japanglish.
🔘 Pronunciation: The English [L] can be [r], therefore the name “Engrish”. The English [v] may sound like [b]. Syllables in Japanese end in a vowel, so “screwdriver” becomes “sukurudiraiva”.
🔘 Grammar: Japanese word order is very different from English and the subject may be skipped. There are also no articles in Japanese. All this may be heard when Japanese speak English.
🔘 Vocabulary: There are many English words in Japanese, but they don’t always mean the same. Check jpninfo.com/30257 for a good collection.
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ Japanese pronouncing English words
⛓ A song about Japanglish
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes