#6 University Vocab: Online Education
❗️ Online education – e-learning or distance education – is becoming more and more popular.
🔎 Distance learning is not a new thing, and at some universities you can get Bachelor or Master degrees just by studying online. However, such degrees are not very valuable.
🔎 While higher education is still mostly on-campus learning, almost every university nowadays has their own e-learning platform for sharing materials, submitting coursework, etc.
🔎 There is something between on-campus education and distance education which is called blended learning. Students of blended courses do one part of their studies on campus and another part online.
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❗️ Online education – e-learning or distance education – is becoming more and more popular.
🔎 Distance learning is not a new thing, and at some universities you can get Bachelor or Master degrees just by studying online. However, such degrees are not very valuable.
🔎 While higher education is still mostly on-campus learning, almost every university nowadays has their own e-learning platform for sharing materials, submitting coursework, etc.
🔎 There is something between on-campus education and distance education which is called blended learning. Students of blended courses do one part of their studies on campus and another part online.
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
#17 Our favourite mistakes: Vocab
▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Afandi imtihonda yuqori ball oldi, shunday qilib sertifikatni ham oldi.
2️⃣ Afandi Kanada vizasini oldi.
3️⃣ Endi yaxshi oylik oladi.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Afandi took a high mark in the exam, and so he took the certificate.
2️⃣ Afandi took a Canadian visa.
3️⃣ Now he takes a good salary.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
1️⃣Afandi got a high mark in the exam, and so he got the certificate.
2️⃣ Afandi got a Canadian visa.
3️⃣ Now he gets a good salary.
❓Why?
❗️ The word “take” here is a direct translation from Uzbek into English. When it comes to salary, certificates, visas as well as grades / scores / marks / results / points, the verb we use in English is GET, not TAKE.
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▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Afandi imtihonda yuqori ball oldi, shunday qilib sertifikatni ham oldi.
2️⃣ Afandi Kanada vizasini oldi.
3️⃣ Endi yaxshi oylik oladi.
❓Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Afandi took a high mark in the exam, and so he took the certificate.
2️⃣ Afandi took a Canadian visa.
3️⃣ Now he takes a good salary.
❗️Sorry, but it should be:
1️⃣
❗️ The word “take” here is a direct translation from Uzbek into English. When it comes to salary, certificates, visas as well as grades / scores / marks / results / points, the verb we use in English is GET, not TAKE.
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#5 YouTube Channel Recommendation: The School of Life
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Society, psychology, history, philosophy, culture, politics
💡 Content: The School of Life is a great channel that makes you think more deeply about yourself and the world around you. Not only do they offer amazing explanations but there are also plenty of videos that give you advice on how to live your life. If you are interested in big topics and want to know about the world without reading lots of books then this is your chance!
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⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Society, psychology, history, philosophy, culture, politics
💡 Content: The School of Life is a great channel that makes you think more deeply about yourself and the world around you. Not only do they offer amazing explanations but there are also plenty of videos that give you advice on how to live your life. If you are interested in big topics and want to know about the world without reading lots of books then this is your chance!
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#6 Learn how to learn: Record yourself when reading
❓Are there some pronunciation problems that you know you have but just cannot get rid of?
❗️ The following technique works well for typical problems like the [th] sounds as in “ssank you” and “weazzer”, the trilling [r] as in “childrrrren”, the hard [x] as in “xello”, and the soft [v] as in “ewery”. Here’s how:
1️⃣ Think which problems you have. Maybe your teachers have told you before or you feel which sounds are difficult.
2️⃣ Take any text you want and mark the sounds that you have problems with.
3️⃣ Start the audio recorder on your phone and read the text aloud. Pay attention to the marked sounds.
4️⃣ Check your pronunciation by listening to the recording.
5️⃣ Count your mistakes and repeat if necessary until you feel you have made progress.
❗️ Pronunciation problems are hearing problems and learning to hear the correct sounds is the solution. You're perfectly able to pronounce the sounds of English.
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❓Are there some pronunciation problems that you know you have but just cannot get rid of?
❗️ The following technique works well for typical problems like the [th] sounds as in “ssank you” and “weazzer”, the trilling [r] as in “childrrrren”, the hard [x] as in “xello”, and the soft [v] as in “ewery”. Here’s how:
1️⃣ Think which problems you have. Maybe your teachers have told you before or you feel which sounds are difficult.
2️⃣ Take any text you want and mark the sounds that you have problems with.
3️⃣ Start the audio recorder on your phone and read the text aloud. Pay attention to the marked sounds.
4️⃣ Check your pronunciation by listening to the recording.
5️⃣ Count your mistakes and repeat if necessary until you feel you have made progress.
❗️ Pronunciation problems are hearing problems and learning to hear the correct sounds is the solution. You're perfectly able to pronounce the sounds of English.
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
#18 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar, Vocab & Pronunciation
▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Afandining xotini tug’di.
2️⃣ Bola sog’lom tug’ildi.
3️⃣ Afandi bolasining tug’ilganidan xursand bo’ldi.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Afandi’s wife born. / Afandi’s wife gave a birth.
2️⃣ The baby born healthy.
3️⃣ Afandi is happy about born of the baby.
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣ Afandi’s wife gave birth.
2️⃣ The baby was born healthy.
3️⃣ Afandi is happy about the birth of the baby.
❓Why?
❗️ Some students use the word “born” for everything tug’-… in Uzbek. Basically tug’ilmoq is the passive be born while tug’moq is the active give birth to …. The noun tug’ilish is birth in English.
❗️ There is no article “a” in “give birth”.
❗️ The vowel in “born” is [ɔ:] as in “sport”, don’t pronounce it like “burn”!
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▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Afandining xotini tug’di.
2️⃣ Bola sog’lom tug’ildi.
3️⃣ Afandi bolasining tug’ilganidan xursand bo’ldi.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Afandi’s wife born. / Afandi’s wife gave a birth.
2️⃣ The baby born healthy.
3️⃣ Afandi is happy about born of the baby.
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣ Afandi’s wife gave birth.
2️⃣ The baby was born healthy.
3️⃣ Afandi is happy about the birth of the baby.
❓Why?
❗️ Some students use the word “born” for everything tug’-… in Uzbek. Basically tug’ilmoq is the passive be born while tug’moq is the active give birth to …. The noun tug’ilish is birth in English.
❗️ There is no article “a” in “give birth”.
❗️ The vowel in “born” is [ɔ:] as in “sport”, don’t pronounce it like “burn”!
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#4 It’s a strange world: No visa, no problem!
❗️Did you know there’s a place in this world where totally everyone is welcome and people from every country on Earth have the right to live and work? That place actually exists but in a cold and hostile environment: the islands of Svalbard that belong to Norway, located between Norway and the North Pole.
⛓https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard
▶️Here’s a YouTube video about Svalbard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPbZZ1qIozk
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #geography
❗️Did you know there’s a place in this world where totally everyone is welcome and people from every country on Earth have the right to live and work? That place actually exists but in a cold and hostile environment: the islands of Svalbard that belong to Norway, located between Norway and the North Pole.
⛓https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard
▶️Here’s a YouTube video about Svalbard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPbZZ1qIozk
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #geography
#5 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi in the cucumbers
❓ 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
❓ 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
#7 World Englishes: Southern US English
❗️ People in the Southern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, etc.) not only have their own accent, they also have their own history.
🔘 Pronunciation: Southerners often make vowels longer and sound like two vowels; “red” may sound like reyd. But some vowels are also shortened, like “my” sounding closer to ma. Some words are also stressed differently, e.g. GUItar and POlice.
🔘 Grammar: They may skip some modal verbs, like I done it or You seen her? Some past forms are also non-standard, like knowed or choosed. Double negatives, like Ain’t got no time for this are also common.
🔘 Vocabulary: A famous southern greeting is Howdy!; for the plural “you” Southerners may use y’all; finally, ain’t is used as negative for any present form of ‘to be’ or ‘to have’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ About a Chinese cowboy with a Southern accent
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
❗️ People in the Southern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, etc.) not only have their own accent, they also have their own history.
🔘 Pronunciation: Southerners often make vowels longer and sound like two vowels; “red” may sound like reyd. But some vowels are also shortened, like “my” sounding closer to ma. Some words are also stressed differently, e.g. GUItar and POlice.
🔘 Grammar: They may skip some modal verbs, like I done it or You seen her? Some past forms are also non-standard, like knowed or choosed. Double negatives, like Ain’t got no time for this are also common.
🔘 Vocabulary: A famous southern greeting is Howdy!; for the plural “you” Southerners may use y’all; finally, ain’t is used as negative for any present form of ‘to be’ or ‘to have’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
▶️ Check out what it sounds like:
⛓ About a Chinese cowboy with a Southern accent
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_englishes
#19 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• climate
• crisis
• dinosaur
• micro
• migrant
• psychology
• textile
• Titanic
• virus
❓What sound do these words have in common?
❗️Unlike Russian and Uzbek, they all have the vowel sounds [aɪ], as in “write”:
• climate [klaɪmət]
• crisis [kraɪsɪs]
• dinosaur [daɪnəsɔ:]
• micro [maɪkrəʊ]
• migrant [maɪgrənt]
• psychology [saɪkɒləʤɪ]
• textile [tekstaɪl]
• Titanic [taɪtænɪk]
• virus [vaɪrəs]
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• climate
• crisis
• dinosaur
• micro
• migrant
• psychology
• textile
• Titanic
• virus
❓What sound do these words have in common?
❗️Unlike Russian and Uzbek, they all have the vowel sounds [aɪ], as in “write”:
• climate [klaɪmət]
• crisis [kraɪsɪs]
• dinosaur [daɪnəsɔ:]
• micro [maɪkrəʊ]
• migrant [maɪgrənt]
• psychology [saɪkɒləʤɪ]
• textile [tekstaɪl]
• Titanic [taɪtænɪk]
• virus [vaɪrəs]
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#7 Tongue twister: Witches and watches
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today. Keep in mind, for a tongue twister to be useful you have to practice it as many times as possible!
▶️ Which watch did which witch wear and which witch wore which watch?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Consonants – Some students struggle with the difference between [v] and [w]. Make sure you pronounce [w] in this tongue twister.
🔘 Intonation – Before commas and the word “and” we usually go up ⤴️. Many people believe that we should always go up when we ask a question but we only have to do that when there is no question word. In this tongue twister there is a question word (“which”). We can go up but we don’t have to.
Which watch did which witch wear ⤴️ and which witch wore which watch?
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Vocab:
witch = jodigar
watch (noun) = qo’l soat
wear – wore – worn (irregular verb) = here: taqmoq
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today. Keep in mind, for a tongue twister to be useful you have to practice it as many times as possible!
▶️ Which watch did which witch wear and which witch wore which watch?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Consonants – Some students struggle with the difference between [v] and [w]. Make sure you pronounce [w] in this tongue twister.
🔘 Intonation – Before commas and the word “and” we usually go up ⤴️. Many people believe that we should always go up when we ask a question but we only have to do that when there is no question word. In this tongue twister there is a question word (“which”). We can go up but we don’t have to.
Which watch did which witch wear ⤴️ and which witch wore which watch?
----------
Vocab:
witch = jodigar
watch (noun) = qo’l soat
wear – wore – worn (irregular verb) = here: taqmoq
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
Forwarded from Joho
#7 University Vocab: Undergraduates & Graduates
❗️ We know what it means to graduate (verb) – you finish your studies and so you graduate. But what does it mean when “graduate” is a noun or an adjective?
🔎 A graduate is a person who has graduated from any school or university. The word can also appear in combination, e.g. “She is a Harvard graduate” or “Nowadays, more and more school graduates enter university ”, etc.
🔎 When graduates continue their studies and get a master or doctorate degree then we speak of postgraduate studies. In some countries there are separate graduate schools for postgraduate students.
🔎 Undergraduate students, or just “undergraduates”, are bachelor students who have not yet finished their undergraduate studies. In spoken English the shortform “undergrad” is often used.
👉@afandi_english👈
❗️ We know what it means to graduate (verb) – you finish your studies and so you graduate. But what does it mean when “graduate” is a noun or an adjective?
🔎 A graduate is a person who has graduated from any school or university. The word can also appear in combination, e.g. “She is a Harvard graduate” or “Nowadays, more and more school graduates enter university ”, etc.
🔎 When graduates continue their studies and get a master or doctorate degree then we speak of postgraduate studies. In some countries there are separate graduate schools for postgraduate students.
🔎 Undergraduate students, or just “undergraduates”, are bachelor students who have not yet finished their undergraduate studies. In spoken English the shortform “undergrad” is often used.
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#20 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bugun Afandi o’zini yaxshi his qilyapti.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Today Afandi is feeling himself good.
✅ Well, it should be:
Today Afandi is feeling good.
❓Why?
❗️ Feeling in the sense of kayfiyat is an intransitive verb; there is no object oneself.
❗️ Feeling oneself means feeling one’s own body. After a terrible accident someone might be paralysed and say “I cannot feel myself”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Bugun Afandi o’zini yaxshi his qilyapti.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Today Afandi is feeling himself good.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ Feeling in the sense of kayfiyat is an intransitive verb; there is no object oneself.
❗️ Feeling oneself means feeling one’s own body. After a terrible accident someone might be paralysed and say “I cannot feel myself”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
#6 YouTube Channel Recommendation: CNBC International
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/CNBCInternational
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: News, sports, business, travel, technology
💡 Content: CNBC International has some very good videos to explain topics in international news that you hear about all the time but may not have a deep understanding of. Check out their series “CNBC Explains”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
⛓ Link: www.youtube.com/user/CNBCInternational
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: News, sports, business, travel, technology
💡 Content: CNBC International has some very good videos to explain topics in international news that you hear about all the time but may not have a deep understanding of. Check out their series “CNBC Explains”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#6 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi on the market
❓ 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
❓ 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
#7 Learn how to learn: Take notes!
❓Note-taking is an essential skill for language learning and more. Why is that?
1️⃣ When you take notes your brain is 100% active. That must be a good thing!
2️⃣ You realise what exactly you understand and don’t understand.
3️⃣ Notes help you develop thoughts and ideas and bring them in the right order.
4️⃣ Good notes let you write good essays.
5️⃣ You choose what you write, it’s your decision. That’s how you learn to ask yourself and listen to yourself and become an independent learner.
❗️Take more notes. By hand or on your phone, during class, after class, while watching videos, during exams, while reading, … … …
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn
❓Note-taking is an essential skill for language learning and more. Why is that?
1️⃣ When you take notes your brain is 100% active. That must be a good thing!
2️⃣ You realise what exactly you understand and don’t understand.
3️⃣ Notes help you develop thoughts and ideas and bring them in the right order.
4️⃣ Good notes let you write good essays.
5️⃣ You choose what you write, it’s your decision. That’s how you learn to ask yourself and listen to yourself and become an independent learner.
❗️Take more notes. By hand or on your phone, during class, after class, while watching videos, during exams, while reading, … … …
👉@afandi_english👈 #learn2learn