#19a Travelogue Kyrgyzstan & Turkey: Mid-air language issues
On the plane from Bishkek 🇰🇬 to Istanbul 🇹🇷 cabin crew handed out Covid-19 forms for entering Turkey. The forms were in Turkish and English. Several passengers approached the busy air hostesses in Russian for help with filling in the forms but none of them spoke even a word of Russian. At some point, one of them just shouted "English!!!" after a stubborn passenger's repeated attempts.
I wonder what the Kyrgyz passengers thought - a) the cabin crew should speak Russian, b) I should speak English or c) Kyrgyz and Turks should understand each other.
c) is Panturkism – the idea that all Turkic nations should be united. I heard one air hostess asking a passenger: “Do you want chay or su?” – It’s a start.
---Vocab---
📍cabin crew = people working on planes to serve passengers 📍approach sb = ask sb for help or information 📍air hostess = female cabin crew 📍stubborn = not giving up 📍attempt = try
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan
On the plane from Bishkek 🇰🇬 to Istanbul 🇹🇷 cabin crew handed out Covid-19 forms for entering Turkey. The forms were in Turkish and English. Several passengers approached the busy air hostesses in Russian for help with filling in the forms but none of them spoke even a word of Russian. At some point, one of them just shouted "English!!!" after a stubborn passenger's repeated attempts.
I wonder what the Kyrgyz passengers thought - a) the cabin crew should speak Russian, b) I should speak English or c) Kyrgyz and Turks should understand each other.
c) is Panturkism – the idea that all Turkic nations should be united. I heard one air hostess asking a passenger: “Do you want chay or su?” – It’s a start.
---Vocab---
📍cabin crew = people working on planes to serve passengers 📍approach sb = ask sb for help or information 📍air hostess = female cabin crew 📍stubborn = not giving up 📍attempt = try
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan
What would you think in this situation?
Anonymous Poll
34%
a) Cabin crew should speak Russian.
25%
b) Everyone should speak English.
41%
c) Turks, Kyrgyz and also Uzbeks should understand each other.
#16 YouTube Channel Recommendation: DW Documentary
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly automatic
💬 Topics: News, society, travel, economics, technology, future
💡 Content: DW offers an extensive range of documentaries, many of which are quite long and detailed. Depending on what you’re interested in you may find some videos that give you a lot of information. “DW” stands for “Deutsche Welle” and is based in Germany. Some but not all of the videos cover German issues or international issues from a German perspective.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly automatic
💬 Topics: News, society, travel, economics, technology, future
💡 Content: DW offers an extensive range of documentaries, many of which are quite long and detailed. Depending on what you’re interested in you may find some videos that give you a lot of information. “DW” stands for “Deutsche Welle” and is based in Germany. Some but not all of the videos cover German issues or international issues from a German perspective.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#33 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi sharpening his eagle eyes in Istanbul
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❓ 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!
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#10 Featured article: The World in 2021
📍 What lies ahead after this strange year of 2020? Read about some safe predictions from the Economist.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/16/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist
📍 What lies ahead after this strange year of 2020? Read about some safe predictions from the Economist.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/16/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist
The Economist
Ten trends to watch in the coming year
A letter from Tom Standage, editor of “The World in 2021”
#17 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ The Zhous are a 🇨🇳Chinese family living in São Paulo, 🇧🇷Brazil. They have recently arrived and hold good jobs at a Chinese company. Their 4-year-old son goes to a nearby kindergarten with mostly local children as it is close to their home. After a month of classes, the Chinese mother finally talks to her son’s teacher. In a heated discussion with the local teacher she expresses her dissatisfaction. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ The Zhous are a 🇨🇳Chinese family living in São Paulo, 🇧🇷Brazil. They have recently arrived and hold good jobs at a Chinese company. Their 4-year-old son goes to a nearby kindergarten with mostly local children as it is close to their home. After a month of classes, the Chinese mother finally talks to her son’s teacher. In a heated discussion with the local teacher she expresses her dissatisfaction. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Afandi English
What's the problem?
Good job!
👍 Chinese parents are indeed very ambitious about their children’s education and think that it’s never too early to study.
👎 Yes, Chinese often take safety very seriously and may not let their children play unsupervised. But that doesn’t mean Brazilians are careless.
👎 Crime rates are high in Brazil but not really among children.
👎 Brazilians love kids and don’t expect them to understand the world just yet.
👍 Chinese parents are indeed very ambitious about their children’s education and think that it’s never too early to study.
👎 Yes, Chinese often take safety very seriously and may not let their children play unsupervised. But that doesn’t mean Brazilians are careless.
👎 Crime rates are high in Brazil but not really among children.
👎 Brazilians love kids and don’t expect them to understand the world just yet.
#4 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Reading
▶️ Your ability to understand written English can make all the difference, not just in the Reading section.
1) ❌ Don’t only read IELTS reading sections. The texts are too short to give you real knowledge and too short to make you think in English. ✅ Do extra reading and watch documentaries about common topics of IELTS reading sections.
2) ❌ Don’t limit your reading to academic texts if you struggle with them. ✅ Do keep the natural order of reading materials – at first stories, then free voluntary reading about topics of interest, and then only academic reading. (according to Krashen, 2011)
3) ❌ Don’t stick to classroom style intensive reading for as many details as possible. ✅ Do practice skimming (reading for gist) and scanning (flying over the text searching for specific details). You need these subskills because of the time limit.
❗️ For general advice on reading check out #13 Learn to learn of 28 September! 👆
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
▶️ Your ability to understand written English can make all the difference, not just in the Reading section.
1) ❌ Don’t only read IELTS reading sections. The texts are too short to give you real knowledge and too short to make you think in English. ✅ Do extra reading and watch documentaries about common topics of IELTS reading sections.
2) ❌ Don’t limit your reading to academic texts if you struggle with them. ✅ Do keep the natural order of reading materials – at first stories, then free voluntary reading about topics of interest, and then only academic reading. (according to Krashen, 2011)
3) ❌ Don’t stick to classroom style intensive reading for as many details as possible. ✅ Do practice skimming (reading for gist) and scanning (flying over the text searching for specific details). You need these subskills because of the time limit.
❗️ For general advice on reading check out #13 Learn to learn of 28 September! 👆
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
#53 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
1️⃣ Bu kitoblar juda qiziqarli.
2️⃣ Men hamma kitoblarni o‘qidim.
3️⃣ Boshqa kitoblaringiz bormi?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ This books are very interesting.
2️⃣ I read every books.
3️⃣ Do you have another books?
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣These books are very interesting.
2️⃣ I read all the books.
3️⃣ Do you have (any) other books?
❓Why?
❗️ As it happens so often, students get mixed up with singular and plural because the Uzbek bu, hamma and boshqa can be used with both singular and plural. Keep in mind that this, every, each and another is always singular in English.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
1️⃣ Bu kitoblar juda qiziqarli.
2️⃣ Men hamma kitoblarni o‘qidim.
3️⃣ Boshqa kitoblaringiz bormi?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ This books are very interesting.
2️⃣ I read every books.
3️⃣ Do you have another books?
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣
❗️ As it happens so often, students get mixed up with singular and plural because the Uzbek bu, hamma and boshqa can be used with both singular and plural. Keep in mind that this, every, each and another is always singular in English.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
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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#4 Self-study: Meet Bruce, a Chinese cowboy
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about a Chinese student in America who loves cowboy culture. Can he be a cowboy or not? See for yourself!
❗️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 a Chinese student in America who loves cowboy culture. Can he be a cowboy or not? See for yourself!
❗️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
#19b Travelogue Kyrgyzstan & Turkey: More mid-air language issues
We’re still on that interesting flight from Bishkek to Istanbul. Something else happened that made me think Kyrgyz and Turks should really understand each other without using Russian or English, if only they try.
When looking at those Turkish-English Covid-19 forms my Kyrgyz seat neighbour was totally puzzled, not understanding a word of what was written there. I asked him if he needed help and then explained it all in Uzbek. And – voilà – he understood!
Now try speaking Uzbek to a Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan or Kyrgyz to an Uzbek in Uzbekistan and you may get negative reactions. They could understand if they tried but they just don’t feel they should. But an emergency situation can change everything.
---Vocab---
📍form = a document that you fill with information about yourself 📍puzzled = confused 📍 voilà = (from French) used when saying sth surprising
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan
We’re still on that interesting flight from Bishkek to Istanbul. Something else happened that made me think Kyrgyz and Turks should really understand each other without using Russian or English, if only they try.
When looking at those Turkish-English Covid-19 forms my Kyrgyz seat neighbour was totally puzzled, not understanding a word of what was written there. I asked him if he needed help and then explained it all in Uzbek. And – voilà – he understood!
Now try speaking Uzbek to a Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan or Kyrgyz to an Uzbek in Uzbekistan and you may get negative reactions. They could understand if they tried but they just don’t feel they should. But an emergency situation can change everything.
---Vocab---
📍form = a document that you fill with information about yourself 📍puzzled = confused 📍 voilà = (from French) used when saying sth surprising
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan
What’s your reaction when you hear someone speaking another Turkic language?
Anonymous Poll
72%
I try to understand.
5%
I don't understand.
22%
It depends on the language.
The Terminal (2004).mkv
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#3 Movie Time: The Terminal (2004)
▶️ Today’s movie is a classic with Tom Hanks about a man from a ficticious (=invented, non-existing) post-Soviet republic who gets stranded (=gets stuck, cannot go anywhere) at 🇺🇸New York airport because a crisis broke out (=suddenly started) in his country while he was in the air and America revoked (=took back, cancelled) his visa. He then starts living inside the airport terminal (=airport building) where many interesting things happen. The story is only half made-up as it is inspired (=given an idea) by an Iranian man who got stuck at Paris airport for 18 years, neither allowed to enter the country nor able to return home.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #comedy #drama
▶️ Today’s movie is a classic with Tom Hanks about a man from a ficticious (=invented, non-existing) post-Soviet republic who gets stranded (=gets stuck, cannot go anywhere) at 🇺🇸New York airport because a crisis broke out (=suddenly started) in his country while he was in the air and America revoked (=took back, cancelled) his visa. He then starts living inside the airport terminal (=airport building) where many interesting things happen. The story is only half made-up as it is inspired (=given an idea) by an Iranian man who got stuck at Paris airport for 18 years, neither allowed to enter the country nor able to return home.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #comedy #drama