#17 It’s a strange world: Guilt vs shame culture

❓What are you more afraid of? That you do something morally wrong or that people see you doing something wrong?

❗️The answer may be in your culture. If you come from a Western country you're more likely to care about your conscience, not so much about what other people think or say. Non-Westerners, on the other hand, may feel that avoiding shame is the most important thing.

⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures

▶️ Here’s a video about guilt and shame cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR37k_cuOjw

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#27 Afandi Quiz: Which country?

▶️ Here is a mysterious picture.

👉@afandi_english👈 #picture_quiz

Ouch!

👎 Sudan is wrong, there is no McDonald’s in that country and perhaps not too many fancy (=beautiful and expensive) cars either.

👎 Afghanistan is wrong as well. Not developed enough to have a McDonald’s. Big fast food chains don’t set up shop (=start doing business) in war-torn (=destroyed by war) countries.

👍 Brunei is correct. This small country surrounded by Malaysia is a rich monarchy (=country with a king/queen). The yellow banner (=long cloth with a message) is for the sultan’s birthday. The country’s national language is Malay and is written in both the Arabic and Latin scripts.

👎 Myanmar was clearly wrong. The country does have a Muslim minority but the Arabic script isn’t used in the country.

#9 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Notes for essays

▶️ The big DO here is DO WRITE NOTES before you start writing your essay, OK? Here are some points to keep in mind:

1) Timing ❌ Don’t rush this and don’t get nervous when you see other people starting to write. ✅ Do invest around five minutes in taking notes. Good notes can save you from running out of ideas or going off topic.

2) Style ❌ Don’t waste your time by writing whole sentences and don’t squeeze tiny notes into a corner. ✅ Do be generous with space as you may still add some notes during essay writing when you have more ideas. Use symbols, bullet points, subpoints, arrows, numbers – whatever helps you structure your thoughts.

3) Content ❌ Don’t copy from the task or write obvious things like “firstly” or “in conclusion”. ✅ Do write arguments, counterarguments and topic-related high-level vocab that you want to use – all in the shortest form possible. Just enough to remind yourself.

👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts

Dear Inyaz students, English teachers & future English teachers in and around Andijan,

I’m glad to announce our weekly READING CLUB at Inyaz library!

We will meet today again in the library. The Reading Club is EVERY THURSDAY at 3pm.

What do we do there?

📖 3-4pm: We will silently READ books about TEACHING METHODOLOGY.

🗣 4-5pm: We will DISCUSS interesting points that we find in those books.

The Reading Club is free of charge.

Join us and become a hero teacher!

Questions? Private message to @jochenho

#63 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary

▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Boshqa variyant bor.

❌ Perhaps you think it is:
There’s another variant.

✅ Well, it should usually be one of these:
a) There’s another way.
b) There’s another option.
c) There’s another version.
d) There’s an alternative.

❓Why?

❗️ The word “variant” does exist in English but is rarely used. You can find it only in scientific or other academic contexts.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary

#9 Self-study: Etiquette classes for China’s new rich

▶️ Today’s video and handout are about rich Chinese people learning international manners.

❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.

👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study

Dear friends,

We have spotted Afandi many times. It’s now time to use our spotting skills for something you hide for us!

How does it work?

1. Choose an item that subscribers to the channel should spot. It could be anything – a shoe, a tomato, a toy, a flower, a shampoo bottle – whatever really.

2. Take a close-up (=from a short distance) photo of it, so we know what we should look for.

3. Hide your item in a picture that you take. Make it not too easy and not too difficult. Take a couple of shots and choose the best one. Your item should be hard to find but still visible in a low resolution on Telegram.

4. Send your close-up and search pictures to @jochenho by 8:30pm tonight.

5. We will try to spot your item at 9pm on the channel.

Get involved & enjoy the buzz!

👉@afandi_english👈

#44 Spot Something: Aisha’s tennis ball

❓ Can you spot Aisha’s tennis ball in this picture?

❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!

👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something