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Know Your World #62: ๐ฎ๐ฑIsrael and ๐ต๐ธPalestine explained
โถ๏ธ Itโs tempting to get emotional about the news these days. But as with every conflict thereโs a long story to it that gets forgotten about when a conflict intensifies (=becomes stronger). Watch this explainer video by VOX to catch up on some background knowledge.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world
โถ๏ธ Itโs tempting to get emotional about the news these days. But as with every conflict thereโs a long story to it that gets forgotten about when a conflict intensifies (=becomes stronger). Watch this explainer video by VOX to catch up on some background knowledge.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world
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Know Your World #63: Is friendship in crisis?
โถ๏ธ There are studies that suggest people have less friends today than they used to. Watch this talk by British-American scholar and writer Richard Reeves.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #talk
โถ๏ธ There are studies that suggest people have less friends today than they used to. Watch this talk by British-American scholar and writer Richard Reeves.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #talk
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๐ Special Day: The History of Halloween
โถ๏ธ Whether you have any special feelings today or not, itโs worth looking into the history of Halloween as a festival that has conquered the world.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #know_your_world #documentary
โถ๏ธ Whether you have any special feelings today or not, itโs worth looking into the history of Halloween as a festival that has conquered the world.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #know_your_world #documentary
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Know Your World #64: Guns, Germs and Steel (Part 1)
โถ๏ธ This documentary from 2005 is a real classic. It tries to answer the question why Europeans, and more broadly Westerners, have dominated the globe for so long. Watch Part 2 here.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
โถ๏ธ This documentary from 2005 is a real classic. It tries to answer the question why Europeans, and more broadly Westerners, have dominated the globe for so long. Watch Part 2 here.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
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Know Your World #65: Central Asiaโs new alliances
โถ๏ธ Read this recent article from the Economist about the Stan countriesโ foreign policy outlook for the coming years.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #article #economist
โถ๏ธ Read this recent article from the Economist about the Stan countriesโ foreign policy outlook for the coming years.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #article #economist
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Know Your World #66: All major religions in 10 minutes
โถ๏ธ Hereโs a pretty concise (=short but informative) overview of the worldโs religions. Check out their basic beliefs, in the name of world peace!
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world
โถ๏ธ Hereโs a pretty concise (=short but informative) overview of the worldโs religions. Check out their basic beliefs, in the name of world peace!
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world
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Know Your World #67: The Great Global Warming Swindle
โถ๏ธ Hereโs a 2007 British documentary that claims global warming is a swindle (=cheating). The term โglobal warmingโ has since been abandoned in favour of the more universal โclimate changeโ. Itโs been heavily criticised for going against mainstream science.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
โถ๏ธ Hereโs a 2007 British documentary that claims global warming is a swindle (=cheating). The term โglobal warmingโ has since been abandoned in favour of the more universal โclimate changeโ. Itโs been heavily criticised for going against mainstream science.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
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Know Your World #68: AI can do your homework. Now what?
โถ๏ธ Should students be allowed to use AI? Hereโs how the world of homework is changing. Good food for thought!
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โถ๏ธ Should students be allowed to use AI? Hereโs how the world of homework is changing. Good food for thought!
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
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๐ Special Day: The #1 classical New Year song
โถ๏ธ Auld Lang Syne is a ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟScottish song that is rivaled (=challenged) only by ABBAโs Happy New Year. Check out the story behind it.
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๐ And Happy New Year, everyone! Look forward to Afandi English nourishing (=feeding) your hungry mind in 2024.
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #documentary #know_your_world
โถ๏ธ Auld Lang Syne is a ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟScottish song that is rivaled (=challenged) only by ABBAโs Happy New Year. Check out the story behind it.
๐ค Subtitles provided.
๐ And Happy New Year, everyone! Look forward to Afandi English nourishing (=feeding) your hungry mind in 2024.
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #documentary #know_your_world
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Know Your World #69: The benefits of being bilingual
โถ๏ธ Demand more from your brain and it will do more for you! Such is the case with bilingualism, which has been shown to be more beneficial than we thought!
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
โถ๏ธ Demand more from your brain and it will do more for you! Such is the case with bilingualism, which has been shown to be more beneficial than we thought!
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary
๐ฎ Special Day: Welcome the Year of the Dragon!
โถ๏ธ Tune in to the worldโs biggest televised event โ the Chinese Spring Festival Gala. Itโs a potpourri (=mix) of bombastic (=big, shocking) musical performances, spectacular kongfu (=Chinese martial art) shows, not that funny standup comedy and lots of propaganda (=advertising for the government). And itโs going on RIGHT NOW! ๐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTEG19BHt1U
๐ By the way, the year of the dragon is considered the luckiest one!
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #know_your_world
โถ๏ธ Tune in to the worldโs biggest televised event โ the Chinese Spring Festival Gala. Itโs a potpourri (=mix) of bombastic (=big, shocking) musical performances, spectacular kongfu (=Chinese martial art) shows, not that funny standup comedy and lots of propaganda (=advertising for the government). And itโs going on RIGHT NOW! ๐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTEG19BHt1U
๐ By the way, the year of the dragon is considered the luckiest one!
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #know_your_world
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Talking Point #6: Snippets
โถ๏ธ Cats are amazing creatures. They manage to teach complex history lessons in just 20 seconds. But it doesnโt stop there. People form their opinions about society and politics on TikTok, and even one minute is a long time there. And damn me if I write too much on my channel โ people will unsubscribe.
We live in a world of โsnippetsโ โ super short pieces of written information with more and more visuals (=using pictures or videos). Whatโs your take (=your opinion)?
๐@afandi_english๐ #talking_point #know_your_world
โถ๏ธ Cats are amazing creatures. They manage to teach complex history lessons in just 20 seconds. But it doesnโt stop there. People form their opinions about society and politics on TikTok, and even one minute is a long time there. And damn me if I write too much on my channel โ people will unsubscribe.
We live in a world of โsnippetsโ โ super short pieces of written information with more and more visuals (=using pictures or videos). Whatโs your take (=your opinion)?
๐@afandi_english๐ #talking_point #know_your_world
Know Your World #70: Bloomโs Taxonomy
โถ๏ธ You may say you think a lot, but thinking is not the same as thinking! There is a hierarchy (=system of levels) to that.
โWhy does it matter?
โ๏ธWhether we are students or teachers, we need to aim for higher thinking skills in education.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #infographic
โถ๏ธ You may say you think a lot, but thinking is not the same as thinking! There is a hierarchy (=system of levels) to that.
โWhy does it matter?
โ๏ธWhether we are students or teachers, we need to aim for higher thinking skills in education.
๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #infographic
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Know Your World #71: What brands do to your brain
โถ๏ธ We like to think that weโre in control of ourselves, but brands seem to be very close to our heart and have more power over us than we like to think.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary #psychology
โถ๏ธ We like to think that weโre in control of ourselves, but brands seem to be very close to our heart and have more power over us than we like to think.
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๐@afandi_english๐ #know_your_world #documentary #psychology