#5 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Meni kutib turing, besh minutdan keyin boraman.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Wait me, I will go after five minutes.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
Wait for me, I’ll come in five minutes.
❓Why?
❗️We wait for somebody, we don’t just wait somebody.
❗️We should use come and not go if we move towards the listener.
❗️If we mean five minutes from now we should say in five minutes. Only if it is five minutes in the past or in the future or any time, then we can use after five minutes, for example: I was there at 8 o’clock sharp but the teacher only came after five minutes. / Whenever I boil an egg I take it out of the water after five minutes.
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▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Meni kutib turing, besh minutdan keyin boraman.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Wait me, I will go after five minutes.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
❓Why?
❗️We wait for somebody, we don’t just wait somebody.
❗️We should use come and not go if we move towards the listener.
❗️If we mean five minutes from now we should say in five minutes. Only if it is five minutes in the past or in the future or any time, then we can use after five minutes, for example: I was there at 8 o’clock sharp but the teacher only came after five minutes. / Whenever I boil an egg I take it out of the water after five minutes.
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#2 Learn how to learn: Handle your phone!
❗️Think of your phone as your best and worst “frenemy” – your friend and your enemy at the same time. It’s your friend because you can get any information you want but also your enemy because it steals a lot of your time.
1️⃣ Think of your phone as a tool, not as a part of your body. Do some regular activities (not only sleeping!) without your phone, like playing with kids, sports, gardening, cooking, etc.
2️⃣ Switch off notifications from social media. Your Facebook and Telegram should never make any sounds. If anyone needs you right now they can call you or send you an SMS.
3️⃣ Get an offline dictionary, for example Longman’s or Merriam-Webster. It gives you plenty of good examples for usage and you don’t have to be online for it.
Become who you are!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❗️Think of your phone as your best and worst “frenemy” – your friend and your enemy at the same time. It’s your friend because you can get any information you want but also your enemy because it steals a lot of your time.
1️⃣ Think of your phone as a tool, not as a part of your body. Do some regular activities (not only sleeping!) without your phone, like playing with kids, sports, gardening, cooking, etc.
2️⃣ Switch off notifications from social media. Your Facebook and Telegram should never make any sounds. If anyone needs you right now they can call you or send you an SMS.
3️⃣ Get an offline dictionary, for example Longman’s or Merriam-Webster. It gives you plenty of good examples for usage and you don’t have to be online for it.
Become who you are!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
#6 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate:
1️⃣ Agar siz borsangiz, men ham boraman.
2️⃣ Agar Buxoroga borsangiz, ko’p eski binolarni ko’ra olasiz.
❓Well…?
1️⃣
If you will go I will also go.
If you go I will also go. ✅
2️⃣
If you go to Bukhara and you can see many old buildings.
If you go to Bukhara you can see many old buildings. ✅
Favourite mistakes:
📌Don't say “will” in an if-clause – it should only be in the main clause!
📌Don't say “and” between if-clause and main clause – this “and” is meaningless and incorrect!
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▶️ Please translate:
1️⃣ Agar siz borsangiz, men ham boraman.
2️⃣ Agar Buxoroga borsangiz, ko’p eski binolarni ko’ra olasiz.
❓Well…?
1️⃣
2️⃣
Favourite mistakes:
📌Don't say “will” in an if-clause – it should only be in the main clause!
📌Don't say “and” between if-clause and main clause – this “and” is meaningless and incorrect!
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#3 World Englishes: Caribbean English
❗️About 6 million people in 18 countries and territories of the Caribbean speak English as their mother tongue. Most of them are black people that the British colonisers brought there from Africa. They speak a mixture of British (colonial influence) and Black American English (cultural influence) with localisms (African and native American influences).
🔘 Pronunciation: Quick is better! Double vowels are often reduced, like “face” – not [feıs] but [fe:s]; consonants can be reduced, like “hand” – not [hænd] but [han].
🔘 Grammar: Easy is better! “To be” is often dropped, and plural and tense endings, too.
🔘 Vocabulary: Local is better! Many words are only understood locally. Sometimes we cannot call it English anymore but "creole", a mixed language.
▶️ Check out what Jamaican English and creole sound like!
⛓ A Jamaican farmer
⛓ An explainer
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❗️About 6 million people in 18 countries and territories of the Caribbean speak English as their mother tongue. Most of them are black people that the British colonisers brought there from Africa. They speak a mixture of British (colonial influence) and Black American English (cultural influence) with localisms (African and native American influences).
🔘 Pronunciation: Quick is better! Double vowels are often reduced, like “face” – not [feıs] but [fe:s]; consonants can be reduced, like “hand” – not [hænd] but [han].
🔘 Grammar: Easy is better! “To be” is often dropped, and plural and tense endings, too.
🔘 Vocabulary: Local is better! Many words are only understood locally. Sometimes we cannot call it English anymore but "creole", a mixed language.
▶️ Check out what Jamaican English and creole sound like!
⛓ A Jamaican farmer
⛓ An explainer
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
#7 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• computer
• concert
• conclusion
• continue
• document
• evolution
• monitor
• Mexico
• Moscow
• Olympic
❓ Did you hear [a] sounds in them?
❗️There aren’t any [a] sounds here. The reason why you may be saying [a] is the Russian unstressed O, as in “хорошо” which sounds more like “хaрaшо”.
Three solutions:
1️⃣ [ə], like the И in “борми”: computer, continue, evolution, monitor (second O), olympic
2️⃣ [ɔ], like the O in “got”: concert, document, monitor (first O), Moscow (first O)
3️⃣ [oʊ] or [əʊ], like the O in “boat”: Mexico, Moscow (second O)
Dear fans of American English, your [a] has to be a long [a:] to make it American, and it only really works with 2️⃣.
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• computer
• concert
• conclusion
• continue
• document
• evolution
• monitor
• Mexico
• Moscow
• Olympic
❓ Did you hear [a] sounds in them?
❗️There aren’t any [a] sounds here. The reason why you may be saying [a] is the Russian unstressed O, as in “хорошо” which sounds more like “хaрaшо”.
Three solutions:
1️⃣ [ə], like the И in “борми”: computer, continue, evolution, monitor (second O), olympic
2️⃣ [ɔ], like the O in “got”: concert, document, monitor (first O), Moscow (first O)
3️⃣ [oʊ] or [əʊ], like the O in “boat”: Mexico, Moscow (second O)
Dear fans of American English, your [a] has to be a long [a:] to make it American, and it only really works with 2️⃣.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
#3 Tongue twister: Beetles & Bugs
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today. Be careful, at the end of “big” and “bug” there is [g] not [k]!
▶️ A big bug bit a little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
Vocab:
bug = a small insect
bit = past tense of ‘bite’
beetle = an insect with a hard shell
Go for it!
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today. Be careful, at the end of “big” and “bug” there is [g] not [k]!
▶️ A big bug bit a little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
Vocab:
bug = a small insect
bit = past tense of ‘bite’
beetle = an insect with a hard shell
Go for it!
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#3 University Vocab: Tuition Fees
❗️ Deciding where to study is never easy because you have to think about so many things. Especially money. So it’s good to know what is what!
🔎 Tuition fees (British English) or just tuition (American English) is the money you have to pay for your studies.
🔎 A scholarship can be awarded to good students, either only covering their tuition or both tuition and living expenses. It is either paid to the university directly or to the student in form of monthly payments, not called “salary” but stipend.
🔎 A grant is money that can be given by a government or an organisation as part of a programme.
🔎 A student loan is money that students can get from a bank and have to pay back after they graduate.
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📌sth is awarded to sb = sth is given to a person for doing sth well
📌cover sth = here: be enough money to pay for sth
📌living expenses = money that people spend for food, housing, etc.
Keep it cool!
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
❗️ Deciding where to study is never easy because you have to think about so many things. Especially money. So it’s good to know what is what!
🔎 Tuition fees (British English) or just tuition (American English) is the money you have to pay for your studies.
🔎 A scholarship can be awarded to good students, either only covering their tuition or both tuition and living expenses. It is either paid to the university directly or to the student in form of monthly payments, not called “salary” but stipend.
🔎 A grant is money that can be given by a government or an organisation as part of a programme.
🔎 A student loan is money that students can get from a bank and have to pay back after they graduate.
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📌sth is awarded to sb = sth is given to a person for doing sth well
📌cover sth = here: be enough money to pay for sth
📌living expenses = money that people spend for food, housing, etc.
Keep it cool!
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
#2 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Great Big Story
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/channel/UCajXeitgFL-rb5-gXI-aG8Q
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Travel, culture, food, trivia
💡 Content: Something between information and entertainment (“infotainment”), Great Big Story has stories from different parts of the world. These stories show special people and special things. You may find some of the stories interesting, and the level of English isn’t that high because the topics are not very abstract.
Live the moment!
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/channel/UCajXeitgFL-rb5-gXI-aG8Q
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Travel, culture, food, trivia
💡 Content: Something between information and entertainment (“infotainment”), Great Big Story has stories from different parts of the world. These stories show special people and special things. You may find some of the stories interesting, and the level of English isn’t that high because the topics are not very abstract.
Live the moment!
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#8 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar & Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Olma juda foydali.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Apple is very useful.
✅ Well, it should be:
Apples are very healthy.
❓Why?
❗️The Uzbek “olma” is singular but in English we need to use the plural “apples”, meaning “all apples”.
❗️When we talk about health we should use the word “healthy”. When we say “useful” we think of something we want to do, like “I love Afandi English, it’s really useful” (=I use it for learning English).
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▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Olma juda foydali.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Apple is very useful.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️The Uzbek “olma” is singular but in English we need to use the plural “apples”, meaning “all apples”.
❗️When we talk about health we should use the word “healthy”. When we say “useful” we think of something we want to do, like “I love Afandi English, it’s really useful” (=I use it for learning English).
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
#3 Learn how to learn: Making a word list
❗️We all know the problem. Learning vocabulary takes forever and our word lists get longer and longer. Meanwhile we feel stupid for always forgetting.
❓How can we make the list efficient?
1️⃣ Focus on useful words. The best kind of words for your list are words that you’ve seen before but forgot or still don’t know the meaning of.
2️⃣ Avoid words that are not your level. Yes you want to reach that level but if it’s five levels too high then it’s just not the right time.
3️⃣ Limit yourself to one word – one meaning. “Park” (noun) and “park” (verb) mean totally different things, we don’t learn both meanings at the same time.
4️⃣ Wherever you meet your new words, try to keep them in their sentences. Only in this way you can also get a feeling for the usage.
5️⃣ Use a good dictionary that gives you examples for usage.
How did I live before Afandi English?
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❗️We all know the problem. Learning vocabulary takes forever and our word lists get longer and longer. Meanwhile we feel stupid for always forgetting.
❓How can we make the list efficient?
1️⃣ Focus on useful words. The best kind of words for your list are words that you’ve seen before but forgot or still don’t know the meaning of.
2️⃣ Avoid words that are not your level. Yes you want to reach that level but if it’s five levels too high then it’s just not the right time.
3️⃣ Limit yourself to one word – one meaning. “Park” (noun) and “park” (verb) mean totally different things, we don’t learn both meanings at the same time.
4️⃣ Wherever you meet your new words, try to keep them in their sentences. Only in this way you can also get a feeling for the usage.
5️⃣ Use a good dictionary that gives you examples for usage.
How did I live before Afandi English?
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
#9 Our favourite mistakes: Spelling
▶️ Please take a look at the following words:
• becouse
• can not
• Chine
• doughter
• grammer
• knowladge
• standart
• Tadjik
• techer
• vedio
❓ What went wrong here? For some mysterious reason many people keep making the same spelling mistakes with these words. You probably don’t make all of these mistakes all the time but maybe one or two? Be honest with yourself!
❗️ The correct spellings are:
• becouse because
•can not cannot (one word!)
•Chine China
•doughter daughter
•grammer grammar
•knowladge knowledge
•standart standard
•Tadjik Tajik
•techer teacher
• vedio video
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
▶️ Please take a look at the following words:
• becouse
• can not
• Chine
• doughter
• grammer
• knowladge
• standart
• Tadjik
• techer
• vedio
❓ What went wrong here? For some mysterious reason many people keep making the same spelling mistakes with these words. You probably don’t make all of these mistakes all the time but maybe one or two? Be honest with yourself!
❗️ The correct spellings are:
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•
•
•
•
•
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#1 It’s a strange world: That’s a loooong name for a place!
🆕 For your intelligent entertainment we’re bringing you some strange and unique Wikipedia articles. These articles are hypertext, meaning that you can easily jump from one article to another. Just follow your interest and explore our strange planet while breathing English! It also helps you get familiar with Wikipedia – a great, handy source of knowledge.
Today’s article is about the small town with the longest place name in Europe: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, UK
⛓https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
There's also a YouTube video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3b2F-bkAdM
Enjoy & join us for more!
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture #geography
🆕 For your intelligent entertainment we’re bringing you some strange and unique Wikipedia articles. These articles are hypertext, meaning that you can easily jump from one article to another. Just follow your interest and explore our strange planet while breathing English! It also helps you get familiar with Wikipedia – a great, handy source of knowledge.
Today’s article is about the small town with the longest place name in Europe: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, UK
⛓https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
There's also a YouTube video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3b2F-bkAdM
Enjoy & join us for more!
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture #geography
#4 World Englishes: Chinese English and “Chinglish”
❗️ 6-7% of Chinese people are fluent in English, but given the country’s huge population we’re talking about 80-100 million people! Northerners and Southerners may sound a little different, even in English.
🔘 Pronunciation: Words are pronounced one by one. Chinese may add a little [ə] when a word ends in a consonant (Northerners) or drop the consonant (Southerners), and Northerners may add [r]. “I don’t think it is a good idea.” ⏩ “I don’te sinke ite ise a goode idear.”
🔘 Grammar: Chinese grammar is very straightforward. No tenses, no plural, no cases, no articles – that makes for some challenges!
🔘 Vocabulary: Chinese doesn’t have words for “yes” and “no”, they have to repeat the verb, e.g. A: “Are you going to the party?” B: “Going!”
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ Beijing English
⛓ Explainer
And a collection of Chinglish signs: www.instagram.com/chinglish_signs/
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
❗️ 6-7% of Chinese people are fluent in English, but given the country’s huge population we’re talking about 80-100 million people! Northerners and Southerners may sound a little different, even in English.
🔘 Pronunciation: Words are pronounced one by one. Chinese may add a little [ə] when a word ends in a consonant (Northerners) or drop the consonant (Southerners), and Northerners may add [r]. “I don’t think it is a good idea.” ⏩ “I don’te sinke ite ise a goode idear.”
🔘 Grammar: Chinese grammar is very straightforward. No tenses, no plural, no cases, no articles – that makes for some challenges!
🔘 Vocabulary: Chinese doesn’t have words for “yes” and “no”, they have to repeat the verb, e.g. A: “Are you going to the party?” B: “Going!”
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ Beijing English
⛓ Explainer
And a collection of Chinglish signs: www.instagram.com/chinglish_signs/
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
#10 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following sentences:
• I don’t know how to do it.
• What are we doing tomorrow?
• How do you spell that?
• Do you want to go now?
❓Did you hear [v] or [f] sounds in them?
❗️There aren’t any [v] or [f] sounds in the words “how”, “tomorrow” and “now”. Most of you find that obvious but some students have this problem and don’t even hear it!
• I don’t know how[haʊf] [haʊ] to do it.
• What are we doing tomorrow[tʊmɒrəʊf] [təmɒrəʊ]?
• How[haʊv] [haʊ] do you spell that?
• Do you want to go now[naʊv] [naʊ]?
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following sentences:
• I don’t know how to do it.
• What are we doing tomorrow?
• How do you spell that?
• Do you want to go now?
❓Did you hear [v] or [f] sounds in them?
❗️There aren’t any [v] or [f] sounds in the words “how”, “tomorrow” and “now”. Most of you find that obvious but some students have this problem and don’t even hear it!
• I don’t know how
• What are we doing tomorrow
• How
• Do you want to go now
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
#4 Tongue twister: Kenny’s tie
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today.
▶️ If Kenny can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kenny can?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 weak forms – the first “can” and the 2x “and” are pronounced[kæn] [kən] and [ænd] [ənd].
🔘 linking – If Kenny can tie ͜ a tie ͜ and ͜ untie ͜ a tie, why can't ͜ I tie ͜ a tie ͜ and ͜ untie ͜ a tie like ͜ Kenny can?
Vocab:
tie (noun) = formal long piece of cloth you wear around your neck
tie (verb) = bind sth, wrap sth around sth
untie (verb) = opposite of tie, undo tying
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today.
▶️ If Kenny can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kenny can?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 weak forms – the first “can” and the 2x “and” are pronounced
🔘 linking – If Kenny can tie ͜ a tie ͜ and ͜ untie ͜ a tie, why can't ͜ I tie ͜ a tie ͜ and ͜ untie ͜ a tie like ͜ Kenny can?
Vocab:
tie (noun) = formal long piece of cloth you wear around your neck
tie (verb) = bind sth, wrap sth around sth
untie (verb) = opposite of tie, undo tying
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#4 University Vocab: Assessment
❗️ When studying at a university the way you get your grades is quite different from school. Let’s take a closer look:
🔎 Assessment means “evaluation” but it is more than just one grade. It’s usually made up of several parts adding up to 100%, for example 40% for an exam, 30% for an essay, and 30% for participation.
🔎 The pass mark is different in different countries. This is something to watch out for!
🔎 We speak of coursework for all the assessed homework that we have to do for one course at university. Did I say “homework”? That sounds a bit childish. The better word is assignments.
🔎 When we successfully complete a course we usually get some credit points.
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
❗️ When studying at a university the way you get your grades is quite different from school. Let’s take a closer look:
🔎 Assessment means “evaluation” but it is more than just one grade. It’s usually made up of several parts adding up to 100%, for example 40% for an exam, 30% for an essay, and 30% for participation.
🔎 The pass mark is different in different countries. This is something to watch out for!
🔎 We speak of coursework for all the assessed homework that we have to do for one course at university. Did I say “homework”? That sounds a bit childish. The better word is assignments.
🔎 When we successfully complete a course we usually get some credit points.
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
#3 YouTube Channel Recommendation: TED-Ed
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Science, the science behind everyday things, history
💡 Content: TED-Ed is a channel by the organisers of TED talks, but the videos are not simply talks or lectures. All videos are animated in different styles. If you’re interested in scientific topics and/or history the videos in this channel will give you a lot of information in an entertaining way. The videos are also a great source of academic vocabulary – you only have to switch on the subtitles.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Science, the science behind everyday things, history
💡 Content: TED-Ed is a channel by the organisers of TED talks, but the videos are not simply talks or lectures. All videos are animated in different styles. If you’re interested in scientific topics and/or history the videos in this channel will give you a lot of information in an entertaining way. The videos are also a great source of academic vocabulary – you only have to switch on the subtitles.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#11 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bu fabrika 1997-yilda qurilgan.
❓ Perhaps you think it is:
This fabric was built in 1997 year.
❗️ Sorry, but it should be:
Thisfabric factory was built in 1997 year.
❓ Why?
❗️ “Fabric” means “cloth”, not “factory.
❗️ Unlike in Uzbek and Russian the word “year” is unnecessary in English. However, the owner of the factory might proudly say “The factory was built in the year 1997”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bu fabrika 1997-yilda qurilgan.
❓ Perhaps you think it is:
This fabric was built in 1997 year.
❗️ Sorry, but it should be:
This
❓ Why?
❗️ “Fabric” means “cloth”, not “factory.
❗️ Unlike in Uzbek and Russian the word “year” is unnecessary in English. However, the owner of the factory might proudly say “The factory was built in the year 1997”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
#4 Learn how to learn: Learning by teaching
❗️Many teachers feel that they learn a lot while teaching. And it’s true, teaching is a great way to learn actually!
❓Why is it quite so good for learners to teach? Here are 5 reasons:
1️⃣ Teaching strengthens your communication skills, even if you teach someone in your mother tongue. Communication skills are universal life skills.
2️⃣ You become more confident from teaching. After all you are the teacher and you know so much more than your student(s).
3️⃣ Through teaching you can check yourself. We often discover some gaps in our knowledge when we teach. This gives us a better understanding of our own level and abilities.
4️⃣ In the process of explaining something logically you can develop a more structured knowledge.
5️⃣ When you teach you can simply feel good. You’re not being selfish and whoever you teach will appreciate your help. Give and take!
❗️So… Find someone you can teach and share the benefits!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❗️Many teachers feel that they learn a lot while teaching. And it’s true, teaching is a great way to learn actually!
❓Why is it quite so good for learners to teach? Here are 5 reasons:
1️⃣ Teaching strengthens your communication skills, even if you teach someone in your mother tongue. Communication skills are universal life skills.
2️⃣ You become more confident from teaching. After all you are the teacher and you know so much more than your student(s).
3️⃣ Through teaching you can check yourself. We often discover some gaps in our knowledge when we teach. This gives us a better understanding of our own level and abilities.
4️⃣ In the process of explaining something logically you can develop a more structured knowledge.
5️⃣ When you teach you can simply feel good. You’re not being selfish and whoever you teach will appreciate your help. Give and take!
❗️So… Find someone you can teach and share the benefits!
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
#12 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar & Vocab
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men obeddan keyin do'konga boraman, dedi Afandi.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Afandi said I will go to market / magazine after lunch.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
Afandi saidI he will go to the market / magazine shop after lunch in the afternoon.
❓Why?
❗️In English we prefer indirect speech because otherwise it’s not quite clear who “I” is.
❗️A shop is a familiar place in town and needs the definite article. Even though there are many shops around, the listener probably knows which shop the speaker means.
❗️The word “market” means “bozor”. A shop or supermarket cannot be called “market”. “Magazine” is a mistranslation from Russian “магазин”; in English it means “журнал”.
❗️“After lunch” is not 100% wrong but probably a mistranslation of “obeddan keyin” and “после обеда”. In English this can only describe the time right after eating lunch.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men obeddan keyin do'konga boraman, dedi Afandi.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
Afandi said I will go to market / magazine after lunch.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
Afandi said
❓Why?
❗️In English we prefer indirect speech because otherwise it’s not quite clear who “I” is.
❗️A shop is a familiar place in town and needs the definite article. Even though there are many shops around, the listener probably knows which shop the speaker means.
❗️The word “market” means “bozor”. A shop or supermarket cannot be called “market”. “Magazine” is a mistranslation from Russian “магазин”; in English it means “журнал”.
❗️“After lunch” is not 100% wrong but probably a mistranslation of “obeddan keyin” and “после обеда”. In English this can only describe the time right after eating lunch.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary