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๐ŸŽ‰ Special Day: The #1 classical New Year song

โ–ถ๏ธ Auld Lang Syne is a ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟScottish song that is rivaled (=challenged) only by ABBAโ€™s Happy New Year. Check out the story behind it.

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๐ŸŽŠ And Happy New Year, everyone! Look forward to Afandi English nourishing (=feeding) your hungry mind in 2024.

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #special_day #documentary #know_your_world
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Know Your World #69: The benefits of being bilingual

โ–ถ๏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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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary
๐Ÿฎ Special Day: Welcome the Year of the Dragon!

โ–ถ๏ธ Tune in to the worldโ€™s biggest televised event โ€“ the Chinese Spring Festival Gala. Itโ€™s 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 itโ€™s going on RIGHT NOW! ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTEG19BHt1U

๐Ÿ‰ By the way, the year of the dragon is considered the luckiest one!

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #special_day #know_your_world
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Talking Point #6: Snippets

โ–ถ๏ธ Cats are amazing creatures. They manage to teach complex history lessons in just 20 seconds. But it doesnโ€™t 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 โ€œsnippetsโ€ โ€“ super short pieces of written information with more and more visuals (=using pictures or videos). Whatโ€™s your take (=your opinion)?

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #talking_point #know_your_world
Know Your World #70: Bloomโ€™s Taxonomy

โ–ถ๏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.

โ“Why does it matter?
โ—๏ธWhether we are students or teachers, we need to aim for higher thinking skills in education.

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #infographic
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Know Your World #71: What brands do to your brain

โ–ถ๏ธ We like to think that weโ€™re 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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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary #psychology
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Know Your World #72: Guns, Germs and Steel (Part 2)

โ–ถ๏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 1 here.

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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary
Know Your World #73: People in the World

โ–ถ๏ธ How many people have ever lived on this planet? Let this infographic give you some idea.

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #infographic
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Know Your World #74: The pork taboo

โ–ถ๏ธ Billions of people around the world donโ€™t eat pork, usually for religious reasons. But itโ€™s interesting to investigate (=check) this taboo (=a rule not to do sth) scientifically and look into historical reasons.

โ—๏ธContains potentially (=possibly, maybe) upsetting imagery (=pictures).

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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary
Know Your World #75: The End of Globalisation?

โ–ถ๏ธ Here are two videos explaining the recent slowdown (=decrease, becoming less) in globalisation as the world moves towards multipolarism (=having many centres).

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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary
Talking Point #9: Hate Speech

โ–ถ๏ธ Social division (=people being against each other), discrimination and hate crimes (=crimes against groups in society) โ€“ especially Western countries who are promoting freedom of speech are struggling with the effects of hate speech. Each solution comes with other problems.

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #talking_point #know_your_world
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Know Your World #76: The History of English as a Global Language

โ–ถ๏ธ How did English become the worldโ€™s first language? Watch this animated video to understand the basics.

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Know Your World #77: The future of agriculture

โ–ถ๏ธ No country feeds the world like the tiny ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands. A good part (=a big part) of what we eat every day comes from crops (=plants used for agriculture) that grew out of seeds from this country. Catch a glimpse (=take a quick look to understand sth) at the future of agriculture which starts right there.

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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary #future
Talking Point #10: Unexpected future

โ–ถ๏ธ We used to think that robots will do manual labour for us, and white-collar jobs (=office jobs, not physical work) will remain as a human domain (=field, area, sector). The rise of AI has made us less certain. Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #talking_point #know_your_world #future
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Know Your World #78: Climate โ€“ the Movie (2023)

โ–ถ๏ธ It seems that climate change is a matter of belief, and nothing is quite as certain as we like to think. Hear the other side about climate change being a hoax (=joke or lie that many people believe) and use your critical thinking when choosing who you want to believe.

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๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #documentary