#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

#116 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song

Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious island nation! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.

👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz

#17 World Food: Hummus from the 🇪🇬🇱🇧🇸🇾Middle East

▶️ Here’s an easy and delicious dip sauce (=thick sauce for eaten with bread) to make from chickpeas (=yellow round beans grown in the Middle East, India and Central Asia). Hummus is an Arab cold dish and is …

... made with:
Boiled chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and if possible also some tahini (=sesame paste). Put all the ingredients in a blender (=machine with rotating knives to make a paste or juice) and blend for a couple of minutes.

... eaten with:
Any kind of bread or vegetables.

Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢

👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food

🎉Special Day: Eid al-Fitr across the world

▶️ Happy Eid, everyone! Check out some holiday vibes (=atmosphere) of 🇮🇶Iraq, 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇱🇧Lebanon, 🇦🇱Albania, 🇶🇦Qatar, 🇵🇸Palestine, 🇸🇩Sudan and even the 🛰International Space Station!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day #know_your_world

#49 YouTube Channel Recommendation: BBC Learning English

📊 English Level: Various

🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided

💬 Topics: Language learning, current affairs

💡 Content: You may have seen this channel before but there’s always new stuff on it, so don’t miss out. Besides video classes they also make great videos that combine knowledge about the world and language learning.

⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@bbclearningenglish

👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube

#134 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi at a well-ventilated dormitory building in Beijing, 🇨🇳China

❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?

❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!

❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!

🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!

👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi

#117 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?

Mister Bean is clearly annoyed here.

👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz

#144 Our favourite mistakes: Writing

▶️ Look at the writing above. 👆

❓What’s wrong here?
❗️ The spaces between the words are much too large. When typing you also can’t use more than one space between words.

❓Why?
❗️ This habit comes from writing ‘konspekt’ in which you have to fill as many pages as possible with as little text as possible, to trick the teacher into thinking that you have done a lot of work. Please don’t do it in essay writing, it’s dishonest and wasteful.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing

#58 Movie Time: Freedom Writers (2007)

▶️ Today’s film is a drama about how education can make all the difference (=have a very positive influence) in the lives of neglected African-American and Latino youth in some of the worst neighbourhoods of Los Angeles. Watch how a hero teacher manages to light up the dark (=bring hope). Based on a book which itself is based on a true story.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #drama