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#11 Infographic: Afghanistan

▶️ Everyone is talking about Afghanistan these days but what do we actually know about that country? It’s time to take a closer look!

👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
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#12 Infographic: Mapping Emotions

▶️ You may think that emotions are very individual and hard to explain scientifically. Actually not. Scientists have developed models that allow us to map (=discover or show how sth is arranged) emotions.

👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
#13 Infographic: 20 Different Europes

▶️ Europe is a small continent but at the same time a culturally diverse continent. Check out 20 ways to tear Europe apart in terms of culture!

👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
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#14 Infographic: The Science of Happiness

▶️ You may think that happiness depends on how lucky or unlucky people are with their living conditions, but science actually has quite a bit to say about this!

👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
#5 Know Your World: If the world were 100 people

▶️ The world is unfair because people are unequal. We all know that. But it’s good to remind yourself of this reality sometimes, and visualisations like this infographic and video are really good for that.

❗️Here’s an updated but less amazingly animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXykDFy9HhQ

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
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#9 Know Your World: Languages of the world

▶️ How many languages are there in the world and which ones are the biggest? Check out this bubble model of the world’s 23 biggest languages which have each more than 50 million speakers, or combined over 4 billion people.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
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#12 Know Your World: The true size of Africa

▶️ Africa is often poorly understood. Some people think it’s one country, some people think it’s not so big and, worst of all, some people think that this place doesn’t matter much. Meanwhile Asia is ageing and Africa is the youngest and may soon become the most dynamic (=active, developing fast) continent.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
#15 Know Your World: East vs West (Part 1)

▶️ There are some serious cultural differences between 🔴East and 🔵West that come to the surface in many situations of daily life. Check out these pictures originally made by a Chinese graphic designer living in Germany. For your convenience, the titles are translated to English and Uzbek.

There’s a whole bunch of pictures, today let’s look at five of them.
See Part 2 and Part 3.


👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
#16 Know Your World: East vs West Part 2

▶️ East and West have some serious cultural differences that come to the surface in many situations of daily life. Check out these pictures originally made by a Chinese graphic designer living in Germany. For your convenience, the titles are translated to English and Uzbek.

There’s a whole bunch of pictures, today let’s look at five of them.
See Part 1 and Part 3.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
#17 Know Your World: East vs West Part 3

▶️ East and West have some serious cultural differences that come to the surface in many situations of daily life. Check out these pictures originally made by a Chinese graphic designer living in Germany. For your convenience, the titles are translated to English and Uzbek.

There’s a whole bunch of pictures, today let’s look at five of them.
See Part 1 and Part 2.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
#24 Know Your World: The real meanings of country names

▶️ The names of foreign countries often sound unique and exotic (=strange in an interesting way, from a faraway place) to our ears. They often have a really ordinary or strange meaning. Someone made a world map with the literal meanings (=word-for-word meaning) of every country name.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
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#26 Know Your World: Logical fallacies

▶️ We all hate them – people who use stupid and illogical arguments when we quarrel (=fight, have an argument) with them. Get to know what logical fallacies (=false beliefs) there are and catch these people to make the world a more logical place!

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic #psychology
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#3 Know Yourself: Are you smarter than others?

▶️ Scientists have tried to correlate (=connect two facts) intelligence with certain characteristics and behaviours. See what they’ve come up with (=have an idea) and check how many boxes you tick!

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #infographic #psychology
#32 Know Your World: The illusion of choice

▶️ Our supermarkets are full of colourful products. We have a dazzling (=very impressive) choice. Or do we? Yes and no. Most products are actually made by the same few companies. They hide behind different brands, grab shelf space, control prices, advertise heavily, buy up competitors and even make the cheaper no-name products just to keep other companies out.

Europe and America are very much in the hands of these big companies and they’re doing everything to get bigger in other parts of the world, too.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
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#4 Know Yourself: Procrastination

▶️ You have the whole weekend to do your homework? You need finish your report by Wednesday? You still haven’t made that really important phone call? If you wait too long with important tasks you may be called a “procrastinator”. Go to the bottom of this issue that troubles students even more than other people.

❗️This infographic is serious research; below you'll find funny ones.

❗️Read a previous post about it.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #infographic #psychology
#49 Know Your World: What East and West think about each other

▶️ Much can be said about the differences between East and West, and you may well argue that there no such places called “the West” or “the East”. Nonetheless there seem to be some differences between Western and non-Western cultures. Check out this infographic about different values and perceptions (=ways to see and understand) of each other. I’m sure you can relate some points to your experience!

See a short video about East & West – individualism vs collectivism and a series of illustrations – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
▶️ Afandi English is over 4 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for posts about knowledge:

#article
Stay informed about the world.

#economist
Grab information and vocab from the mother of news magazines.

#future
Feel the world of tomorrow even today.

#infographic
Let your eye travel across important topics.

#inspiration
See the world in a new light.

#know_your_world
Understand today’s world.

#know_yourself
Know thyself and live well.

#maps
Realise reality with maps.

#psychology
See the human nature so no one can fool you.

#talk
Hear what experts have to say in TED Talks, etc.

#talking_point
Sharpen your mind with controversies.

#travel
Travel the world while staring at your phone.

#uni_vocab
Get to grips with key concepts in higher education.

#wikipedia
Feel the weirdness of this world.

#world_englishes
Be sure you know really know the world’s first language.

#world_food
Check out some lovely meals that you may prepare at home, too.
Know Your World #70: Bloom’s Taxonomy

▶️ You may say you think a lot, but thinking is not the same as thinking! There is a hierarchy (=system of levels) to that.

Why does it matter?
❗️Whether we are students or teachers, we need to aim for higher thinking skills in education.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic
Know Your World #73: People in the World

▶️ How many people have ever lived on this planet? Let this infographic give you some idea.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic