#28 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi amazed by the breathtaking beauty of Tashkent

❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?

❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!

👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi

#1 Infographic: Creative Routines

🆕 Infographics are a great source of information. It’s a combination of text and pictures and so full of interesting facts that your eye travels all over it while exploring. Use infographics as an entertaining way to expand your vocabulary of relevant topics and build up background knowledge!

▶️ Our world has been shaped by exceptional people. What if we could understand how they lived their daily life? Perhaps there is something that could inspire us? Are there any “successful” daily life habits? See for yourself.

👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic

#12 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song

Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you find the right country? Pay attention to the language and style.

👉@afandi_english👈 #song_quiz

Not too bad!

👍 Ethiopia was indeed right. You may have noticed that the rhythm and melody are quite different from typical Latino, Arab or African music. The country’s musical tradition is special indeed as they use a five-note (“pentatonic”) scale instead of our normal seven-tone scale.

👎 Sudan was close enough in terms of style and geography but the language should have been Arabic.

👎 Peru was not just the wrong continent, the language should have been Spanish and the style more Latino-like.

👎 Ghana is also in Africa but the Bantu languages and cultures of West, Central and Southern Africa are quite different from Ethiopia and Somalia.

#16 University Vocab: Exam Types

❓Do we always have to choose A, B, C or D, or are there other kinds of exams, too?

🔎 Multiple choice exams let you choose between three or four options (usually) and are popular with teachers and administrators, especially in traditional education systems.

🔎 Essay exams require students to write a long and structured answer to a given question, either focusing on a description or on their opinion.

🔎 Open-book and take-home exams allow students to find relevant information by themselves, either during the exam or at home.

🔎 Problem-based or case-based exams consist of just one task in which students have to apply knowledge from their class.

🔎 Practical exams make students demonstrate their practical skills.

🔎 Oral exams are carried out in speaking only.

🔎 Online exams we all know and love…

❗️ These types are often combined. They all have their pros and cons and what’s best depends on the content.

👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab

#48 Our favourite mistakes: Spelling

❓What’s the problem here?
1️⃣ I will send you a massage.
2️⃣ I really like your chanel.
3️⃣ I’m a quite person.
4️⃣ I will go on vocation next week.
5️⃣ I study at a collage.

❗️ Some words are easily confused:
1️⃣ Massage means массаж; the correct word is message.
2️⃣ Chanel is a fashion brand; канал in English is channel (e.g. on TV or Telegram) or canal (an artificial river).
3️⃣ Quite [kwaɪt] means very or fairly; the right word is quiet [kwaɪət].
4️⃣ Vocation means job or occupation; correct would be vacation.
5️⃣ A collage is pictures and text glued onto a poster (a common group project at schools); the correct word is college.

❗️ Uzbek students often fail to realise that English spelling is very strict. In Uzbek, the same word can be spelt in different ways, e.g. Andijan, Andijon, Andizhan (and more than one Cyrillic version). Uzbek place names on Google Maps are a total mess.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing

#17 Tongue twister: Fred & Ted

❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister today:

▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.

Translation:
Fred Tedni non bilan boqdi va Ted Fredni non bilan boqdi.

❗️Pay attention to:

🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
Fred (name)
fed (verb)
Ted (name)
bread (noun)
and (function word)
Ted (name)
fed (verb)
Fred (name)
bread (repeated word)

Now practice:
▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.

👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters

#29 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi protesting against a giant waste of precious electricity

❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?

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#9 Featured article: Nervous countries

📍 Read this article to find out just how nervous governments can be when faced with protesting citizens, or not even protesting ones. One boy in Singapore holding up a smiley face is revealing just that. Funny and sad at the same time!

⛓ https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/28/public-order-in-singapore-has-been-shaken-by-a-hand-drawn-smiley-face

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#13 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding

Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:

▶️ Aleksey from 🇷🇺Russia is a first-time visitor to 🇰🇷South Korea. He is both a total foodie (=sb who cares a lot about good food) and a hobby photographer, and he is excited to capture (=catch, take) every aspect of life in the country. To his great surprise, while enjoying a spicy snack at a beach in Busan he suddenly gets arrested. What might have happened?

👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz