#140 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary & Grammar

▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Agar men ko’proq yangi so’zlar yodlasam IELTSdan balandroq ball olaman.

❌ Perhaps you think it is:
If I will learn by heart more new words I take a higher ball from IELTS.

✅ Well, it should be:
If I learn more new words by heart I will get a higher score in IELTS.

❓Why?

❗️ Do not use will in if-clauses.

❗️ Learn by heart is a complex verb. The three words may not stay together but get filled with other words.

❗️ We don’t take scores but get scores. The same applies to salary, visas and certificates.

❗️ Ball means something different in English.

⚠️ Learning new words by heart is stupid and outdated and it certainly won’t help you to get a high score in IELTS! Learn words in context, i.e. sentences and situations!

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary #grammar

#15 Afandi Karaoke: My Love (by Westlife)

▶️ The 1990s with all its boy bands were a golden age of slow and understandable English lyrics. If this one is too easy and cheesy (=cheap, not good quality, of poor taste) for yourself, why don’t you send it to your low-level English learning friend?

👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke

#53 Movie Time: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

▶️ Today’s film is a romantic comedy from the 🇬🇧UK. It’s about a charming young lady who in her early 30s and still can't decide who she wants to be with. Watch how she keeps getting into embarrassing situations and finally chooses the right guy.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #international_films #comedy

#127 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi with a bunch of hungry cats in 🇴🇲Oman

❓ 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

#44 Know Your World: 🇭🇷Croatian Love Birds

▶️ Spring is the time of new life and new love, but not only. Old love also thrives (=becomes strong and healthy) as the story of Malena and Klepetan tells us. The two are storks, the birds that are supposed to bring babies. Storks, like ducks but unlike many humans, have a stable life partner.

But what a pity, Malena died of old age in 2021. Check out their great love story as Croatia is about to experience its second bird-less spring.

Read more on Wikipedia.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary

#112 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?

An old man, presumably (=can be assumed to be, seemingly) from 🇮🇳India, is toothlessly smiling into the camera while there’s lots of toothpaste in the background.

👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz

#29 Self-study: A Chinese-African Couple

▶️ Today’s video and handout are about a mixed couple in 🇨🇳China. Sandra is a lady from 🇨🇲Cameroon who married a local Chinese and now lives with him in his village. Watch how they earn a living (=enough money to live) by live-streaming their daily life.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

❗️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 #documentary

#16 Correct me if you can

▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:

My sister entered university last year and is a first-course student now.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct

#48 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Behind the News

📊 English Level: Advanced

🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided

💬 Topics: Current affairs, popular science

💡 Content: This channel by the 🇦🇺Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) offers some explainers to help you make sense of the news and give you background knowledge about modern-day issues and phenomena.

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

👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube

#128 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi hustling and bustling on a busy market in Kampala, 🇺🇬Uganda

❓ 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