Afandi English
What’s the problem?
Ouch!
👎 Unlike Singapore or Japan, Korea is not obsessed with (=crazy about) keeping public spaces clean. And even in Singapore where lots of things are banned it would still be okay to enjoy food and drinks outdoors. That’s only forbidden on metros and buses.
👍 Secretly taking photos of women is indeed a social phenomenon and problem in both South Korea and Japan. If you buy a smartphone in these countries – by law – you cannot mute (=make sth silent) the shutter sound (=clicking noise when you take a photo) of the camera. Watch a video about the problem of spycams in South Korea: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blsHmTp_Vvs
👎 Licence? It’s South Korea, not North Korea.
👎 Street food may not always be safe but South Korea isn’t China where food safety is a huge problem. Koreans love street food and often grab some snacks or fancy (=high-quality, luxury) drinks on the go (=on the way, while going somewhere).
👎 Unlike Singapore or Japan, Korea is not obsessed with (=crazy about) keeping public spaces clean. And even in Singapore where lots of things are banned it would still be okay to enjoy food and drinks outdoors. That’s only forbidden on metros and buses.
👍 Secretly taking photos of women is indeed a social phenomenon and problem in both South Korea and Japan. If you buy a smartphone in these countries – by law – you cannot mute (=make sth silent) the shutter sound (=clicking noise when you take a photo) of the camera. Watch a video about the problem of spycams in South Korea: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blsHmTp_Vvs
👎 Licence? It’s South Korea, not North Korea.
👎 Street food may not always be safe but South Korea isn’t China where food safety is a huge problem. Koreans love street food and often grab some snacks or fancy (=high-quality, luxury) drinks on the go (=on the way, while going somewhere).
#2 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Speaking: Self-introduction
▶️ It is said that making a good first impression is absolutely crucial. Here’s something to keep in mind:
1) ❌ Don’t start greeting in a local way. ✅ Do use a simple but polite “good morning” or “good afternoon”, perhaps followed by a “Sir” or “Madam”, that’s quite enough.
2) ❌ Don’t stand around frozen waiting for an order or think “Now it’s show time”. ✅ Do be natural. Always think yourself into the examiners who are really tired people. Make it easy and pleasant for them.
3) ❌ Don’t memorise your self-introduction. It’s tempting but don’t do it. ✅ Do give your introduction a natural flow and only prepare some points to speak about.
❗️ Finally, if there’s a big difference between your self-introduction and the rest of the exam it’s probably better to start poorly and finish well (positive surprise) rather than starting well and finishing poorly (disappointment).
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
▶️ It is said that making a good first impression is absolutely crucial. Here’s something to keep in mind:
1) ❌ Don’t start greeting in a local way. ✅ Do use a simple but polite “good morning” or “good afternoon”, perhaps followed by a “Sir” or “Madam”, that’s quite enough.
2) ❌ Don’t stand around frozen waiting for an order or think “Now it’s show time”. ✅ Do be natural. Always think yourself into the examiners who are really tired people. Make it easy and pleasant for them.
3) ❌ Don’t memorise your self-introduction. It’s tempting but don’t do it. ✅ Do give your introduction a natural flow and only prepare some points to speak about.
❗️ Finally, if there’s a big difference between your self-introduction and the rest of the exam it’s probably better to start poorly and finish well (positive surprise) rather than starting well and finishing poorly (disappointment).
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
#49 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Afandiga telefon qilishing va undan so’rashing kerak, balki u senga yordam beradi agar kutib tursang.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
You should call to Afandi and ask from him, maybe he will help to you if you wait him.
✅ Well, it should be:
You should call Afandi and ask him, maybe he will help you if you wait for him.
❓Why?
❗️ Just like in Uzbek, English verbs are often used with prepositions (well, actually postpositions in Uzbek). But which preposition or if they need one at all is often different:
❌ call to sb
✅ call sb
❌ ask from sb
✅ ask sb
❌ help to sb
✅ help sb
❌ wait sb
✅ wait for sb
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Afandiga telefon qilishing va undan so’rashing kerak, balki u senga yordam beradi agar kutib tursang.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
You should call to Afandi and ask from him, maybe he will help to you if you wait him.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ Just like in Uzbek, English verbs are often used with prepositions (well, actually postpositions in Uzbek). But which preposition or if they need one at all is often different:
❌ call to sb
✅ call sb
❌ ask from sb
✅ ask sb
❌ help to sb
✅ help sb
❌ wait sb
✅ wait for sb
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
Afandi English
#1 Self-study: Tom & Savannah 🆕 Brand new on the channel: Materials for self-study! Learn English with interesting videos. You won’t believe how much English you can extract from a video if you go to the bottom of it. IELTS students – here is your source…
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#2 Self-study: Saving a minority language in Australia
Today’s video and handout are about efforts to save Miriwoong, an language that is spoken by only a few Aborigines in Australia and is in danger of dying out.
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
Today’s video and handout are about efforts to save Miriwoong, an language that is spoken by only a few Aborigines in Australia and is in danger of dying out.
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
#16 Travelogue Uzbekistan: You’re a number
All the schools that I attended in my life always had names, not numbers. They were named after people or places, not just a cold number. What if I had gone to numbered schools, would I have had the same feelings about my school? Would I have felt special at all?
Not only people – schools also have an individual character, as do shops, companies, products, countries, cities, streets, mosques, and many more places. What is numbered in this world? Technical things like bus lines perhaps. They don’t have a character anyway.
Numbering schools is actually a communist thing to do. People should all be the same and function like machines for their country. In China for instance all schools are numbered. Are you surprised?
---Vocab---
📍individual = unique, different from others 📍function (verb) = work in a correct way 📍for instance = for example
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
All the schools that I attended in my life always had names, not numbers. They were named after people or places, not just a cold number. What if I had gone to numbered schools, would I have had the same feelings about my school? Would I have felt special at all?
Not only people – schools also have an individual character, as do shops, companies, products, countries, cities, streets, mosques, and many more places. What is numbered in this world? Technical things like bus lines perhaps. They don’t have a character anyway.
Numbering schools is actually a communist thing to do. People should all be the same and function like machines for their country. In China for instance all schools are numbered. Are you surprised?
---Vocab---
📍individual = unique, different from others 📍function (verb) = work in a correct way 📍for instance = for example
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
What’s your take on numbered schools?
Anonymous Poll
17%
It’s simpler and more practical to number them.
22%
Schools should change their names if they want.
23%
We should give names to all our schools.
39%
Names or numbers – it doesn’t make any difference.
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#1 Movie Time: Gifted (2017)
🆕 Weekend time is movie time! Afandi English is here to provide you with thoughtful movies that give you more learning opportunities and cultural insights. Be sure to combine enjoyment and the quest for knowledge with language learning!
▶️ Today’s movie is “Gifted” – the story of a little girl in 🇺🇸America who is a maths genius. It makes you think about the purpose of education. Is it to make you happy? Or to become rich and famous? Or to make a contribution to society? Or just to become the best version of you? Watch and think!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #drama
🆕 Weekend time is movie time! Afandi English is here to provide you with thoughtful movies that give you more learning opportunities and cultural insights. Be sure to combine enjoyment and the quest for knowledge with language learning!
▶️ Today’s movie is “Gifted” – the story of a little girl in 🇺🇸America who is a maths genius. It makes you think about the purpose of education. Is it to make you happy? Or to become rich and famous? Or to make a contribution to society? Or just to become the best version of you? Watch and think!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #drama
Dear Subscribers,
Afandi English will have a more consistent weekly rhythm:
🌩 MONDAY - Understand the world (Documentaries, Wikipedia, Infographics, Featured articles)
🌧 TUESDAY - Quiz (What's the word, Mysterious song, Cultural misunderstanding, Where was the photo taken)
☁️ WEDNESDAY - Advice (Learn to learn, IELTS DOs and DON'Ts, Teach)
🌥 THURSDAY - Favourite mistakes (Grammar, Vocab, Pronunciation, etc.)
⛅️ FRIDAY - English focus (Self-study video and handout, Tongue twisters, World Englishes, University vocab)
🌤 SATURDAY - Travelogue (Uzbekistan and elsewhere)
☀️ SUNDAY - Intelligent entertainment (Movies, YouTube recommendations, Spot Afandi)
Adjustments to the schedule will be made little by little!
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Afandi English will have a more consistent weekly rhythm:
🌩 MONDAY - Understand the world (Documentaries, Wikipedia, Infographics, Featured articles)
🌧 TUESDAY - Quiz (What's the word, Mysterious song, Cultural misunderstanding, Where was the photo taken)
☁️ WEDNESDAY - Advice (Learn to learn, IELTS DOs and DON'Ts, Teach)
🌥 THURSDAY - Favourite mistakes (Grammar, Vocab, Pronunciation, etc.)
⛅️ FRIDAY - English focus (Self-study video and handout, Tongue twisters, World Englishes, University vocab)
🌤 SATURDAY - Travelogue (Uzbekistan and elsewhere)
☀️ SUNDAY - Intelligent entertainment (Movies, YouTube recommendations, Spot Afandi)
Adjustments to the schedule will be made little by little!
Stay with Afandi and spread the word. Why? Stupid question - Afandi is quality for free, that's why.
👉@afandi_english👈
#30 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi’s beautiful memory of gazing over the valley to the hills of Kyrgyzstan on a hot summer day
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture? 🤫 Hint: Pay attention to the donkey’s colour!
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture? 🤫 Hint: Pay attention to the donkey’s colour!
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Ixlosbek!!! 🥳🥳🥳 And thanks to Boburshox and Mo'minjon for the fantastic designs!
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#1 Documentary: Korean pop music is conquering the world
🆕 In this series you can watch short documentaries that give you a better understanding of issues that shape our world today. Pick up academic vocabulary and authentic speech on the way!
▶️ Today’s documentary is about the global success story of K-Pop – pop music from South Korea. You may love or hate K-Pop, but there is more to this (=there is more to understand about this). Its success formula (=recipe or way to be successful) is all about being loud, eye-catching (=big and colourful so that people easily notice it), confident, perfectly styled and tech-savvy (=being good at using technology). But the global popularity of K-Pop also proves something more. English is no longer the only language that can reach global audiences and America is no longer the cultural hegemon (=dominant power) it used to be.
📎 YouTube link (for subtitles): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py8mOrT-eeA
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
🆕 In this series you can watch short documentaries that give you a better understanding of issues that shape our world today. Pick up academic vocabulary and authentic speech on the way!
▶️ Today’s documentary is about the global success story of K-Pop – pop music from South Korea. You may love or hate K-Pop, but there is more to this (=there is more to understand about this). Its success formula (=recipe or way to be successful) is all about being loud, eye-catching (=big and colourful so that people easily notice it), confident, perfectly styled and tech-savvy (=being good at using technology). But the global popularity of K-Pop also proves something more. English is no longer the only language that can reach global audiences and America is no longer the cultural hegemon (=dominant power) it used to be.
📎 YouTube link (for subtitles): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py8mOrT-eeA
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
#14 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?
Today’s quiz is about something resembling a human shark attack.
▶️What would you say when you sit at a crappy (=of low quality) now-even-sandy beach and someone came to scare you with a shark costume? Pathetic (=stupid in a weak and annoying way), right?
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz
Today’s quiz is about something resembling a human shark attack.
▶️What would you say when you sit at a crappy (=of low quality) now-even-sandy beach and someone came to scare you with a shark costume? Pathetic (=stupid in a weak and annoying way), right?
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz
The photo shows someone ... as shark.
Final Results
46%
pretending
5%
false
23%
disguised
26%
costumed
Afandi English
The photo shows someone ... as shark.
Oops!
👎 Pretending is wrong for two reasons. It’s the wrong meaning and the wrong usage. Wrong meaning – pretending is not just standing there looking like a shark but it would mean acting like a shark as well. The photo doesn’t show that. Wrong usage – the sentence contains as, and that doesn’t work with pretend. You can pretend as if you were a shark but not as a shark.
👎 Costume is not usually a verb or adjective, even though there is indeed a shark costume in the picture.
👍 Disguised is the right answer. The verb disguise means to change your appearance so that others don’t recognise you. Okay, the shark costume is a crappy disguise, but still!
👎 False is literally false.
👎 Pretending is wrong for two reasons. It’s the wrong meaning and the wrong usage. Wrong meaning – pretending is not just standing there looking like a shark but it would mean acting like a shark as well. The photo doesn’t show that. Wrong usage – the sentence contains as, and that doesn’t work with pretend. You can pretend as if you were a shark but not as a shark.
👎 Costume is not usually a verb or adjective, even though there is indeed a shark costume in the picture.
👍 Disguised is the right answer. The verb disguise means to change your appearance so that others don’t recognise you. Okay, the shark costume is a crappy disguise, but still!
👎 False is literally false.