The period of national renaissance is modernism in our country
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Nozima Raximova G`ayrat qizi
Kimyo International University in Tashkent
Student of the 2nd stage of “Primary Education”
Jadidism first arose in the 80s of the XIX century in the Crimea under the leadership of Ismail Gaspirali among the Crimean Tatars. The representatives of the Jadid movement often called themselves progressives, later Jadids. The advanced progressive forces of that time, first of all, the intellectuals, felt that the local population was lagging behind the global development and realized the need to reform the society.
The term “Renaissance” refers to ancient literature and refers to the revival of science in the Middle Ages. Its scope varies in different countries, covering the period from the 9th to the 15th century. “National revival” is based on the realization of the nation’s identity. When we say the literature of the “National Renaissance” period, we mean the literature of the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It is a unique era.
It is known that the word “jadid” means “new”, “innovation”. There has never been a place and time in the history of mankind, when the innovation that entered the life of the society was not met with great resistance. The harmony of society and human life will sooner or later lead to decline. That is why the leading intellectuals of their time were considered to need new ideas to fight against or prevent the decline that started yesterday in society and human life.
The period of national renaissance is an important period in the historical development of every nation, in which the nation strives to understand its identity, culture and history, and to form new views based on the requirements of the times. The Jadidism movement that arose in our country in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century is a vivid example of such a period of national renaissance.
The modernist movement was mainly formed in response to the colonial policy of the Russian Empire, the main goal of which was to preserve the national identity and arm the people with modern knowledge. Jadids, that is, supporters of renewal, sought to develop modern education and culture without abandoning old traditions.
Abdulla Qadiri is one of the prominent representatives of the Jadidchilik movement, who widely promoted the ideas of realizing national identity and preserving national values through his novel “Otkan Kunlar”. Also, modernists such as Fitrat, Munavvarqori Abdurashidkhanov, Hamza Hakimzada Niyazi contributed greatly to the development of this movement with their works and activities.
The Jadidism movement played a major role in the cultural and scientific development of our country during the period of national renaissance. Thanks to this movement, important steps were taken to realize the national identity, increase the level of education of the people and reform the society. People’s literacy increased, national culture and literature developed through the schools established by Jadids, newspapers and magazines published.
The period of national renaissance and modernism occupy an important place in the history of our country. Through this movement, our nation realized its identity, took important steps towards acquiring modern knowledge and renewing society. The ideas and activities of Jadids have not lost their importance even today, and they are an example for the younger generation. Therefore, it is the duty of each of us to study the history of the Jadidist movement and its achievements, to preserve the legacy of our great ancestors.
ABSTRACT: This article teaches how to learn a foreign language quickly and effectively. It takes us a lot of time to learn English. I think that this article will help us learn quickly and easily by using our time properly.
KEY WORDS: strong passion, daily practice, type of skills, learning grammar, increasing vocabulary, pronunciation, repetition, proper use of smartphone.
ENTRANCE:By the end of the 20th century, English had finally established itself as a world language. Today, the ability to know foreign languages is becoming one of the integral parts of professional education. Due to the high rate of cooperation with foreign partners among specialists in various fields, there is a high demand for them to learn the language. In modern society, foreign languages are becoming an important component of professional education. People learn such knowledge first at school, college, high school, and then at institutes, training courses or independently by getting acquainted with the basic information sets that help to learn a foreign language.
LITERATURE ANALYSIS AND METHODS
Popular methods of teaching and learning English and Internet resources were used in the research process. During the writing of the article, the principles of theoretical deductive conclusion, analysis and synthesis, logicality were used.
Today, many language courses are held for two hours one or two days a week, which is not good for us. Because on other days we are busy with daily chores. Usually, before the lesson, he forgets the topics of the previous lesson, which slows down the learning process. When we learn any foreign language, it should be studied and repeated daily. Only then the learning process will be much faster. First of all, we must make a commitment to ourselves. For example, “I spend two hours studying English every day, regardless of the situation!” Then our recall results will increase dramatically. Many people say that they should do this method, but they do not do it in practice. We have to adapt ourselves to this day’s training. Only then can we achieve the desired result. Type of abilities.
Linguists have divided the study of the English language into four major directions;
-Reading is the ability to read and understand a text in a foreign language.
-Hearing (listening) is the ability to hear and understand the chat language.
-Writing-the ability to write in a foreign language.
Speaking is the ability to express one’s thoughts and ideas in a foreign language.
In order to achieve this, it is important to master the three most necessary things. These are: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
1. Learning grammar will definitely not be easy for a child. Whether we like it or not, the most difficult part of learning a language is grammar. We often observe that most people focus on memorizing rules when learning grammar. Memorizing the rules does not mean learning grammar. Unfortunately, there are many such people. They know the rules of grammar and phonetics of a foreign language by heart, but they cannot make a more complicated sentence in the language. You don’t have to memorize all the rules, just memorize the most used ones. Once you have memorized all the rules, you will only apply 30% of them. You don’t use the rest. This can cause you various boredom and confusion. Repeat what you have learned every day and build on them simple and then more complex sentences. In a simple sentence, it mainly consists of possessor + participle + complement.
2. Vocabulary memorization.
Even in this process, memorizing yourself for years is a wrong method. I used to memorize 10 words a day. The problem is that I could not use these when I spoke in English, I almost did not use such words. This did not give any results.
We have the concepts of “Active vocabulary” and “Passive vocabulary” for this. To summarize, you can use the words in “active vocabulary” without any problems. You can use them without any difficulties. But it If the words fall into the “passive vocabulary”, you can remember the word only by seeing or hearing it briefly. The words in the passive vocabulary are very dangerous. There is a possibility that the words will be forgotten. For this, we can save the words from the “active vocabulary” and transfer the words from the “passive vocabulary” to the “active vocabulary”. We need to translate all the unfamiliar words in the movies or videos and pay attention to their pronunciation.
3. Pronunciation.
Every language has its own pronunciation. Nowadays, technical progress has developed. This is why we all have access to mass media.
If we listen to different English movies and English songs, our pronunciation will improve a lot. Another way is to use it for another purpose when listening to a song in a foreign language. Find the lyrics of your favorite song in a foreign language and translate it into your language using a dictionary. Or work a lot with English lyrics so that you can mark and translate unfamiliar words. Then you translate the unfamiliar words that cover that text from English to your own language without looking at the translation. Then you will remember them and know when to use them. Another useful way is to listen to native speakers and have conversations with them. Nowadays, we all have the opportunity to communicate online. . That is, we can use this to communicate with native speakers and get various information to improve our pronunciation.
I would like to give some more incentives for us to learn English quickly and effectively.
Define the goal clearly.
If you have to do anything, especially in language learning, it is not for success. Therefore, think about what you want to learn English for. Nowadays, many people are going to learn a language without being interested in the opinion of their family or others. First of all, you should have an interest and a goal. For example, after learning English, I will enter the world languages university as the first grant, “I will enter the University of Westminster on a grand basis” or “I will go abroad to study and work in high positions”, and “I will open new campaigns in cooperation with foreign countries.” “, you can set a goal. Do not forget that the more serious the goal, the faster and more effective language learning will be.
Language is based on repetition.
A language cannot be learned without constant repetition. You can memorize 15 new words a day, but if you do not repeat these words after 2-3 days, it is natural that they will be forgotten. For this, you can effectively use the places where your eyes fall the most. Personally, I stick my newly learned words on a small piece of paper or on various stacks on the door of my room and on my desk.
Communication.
Language is a means of communication. We all know that communication plays an important role in language learning. Go to Speaking Clubs at study centers or resource centres. Never be shy to speak even if you are not fluent yet. The one who tries to speak, even if he does not know the language better, wins than the one who is shy to participate in conversations. Never be shy to speak in general, keep speaking even if you make mistakes.
Or you can find a partner for constant training. Another advantage is that this method creates a unique competitive environment among partners. For example, you try to memorize in order not to fall behind your partner.
Adapt the language learning process to your daily life.
When learning a language, fit everything into your daily life. For example, if you go to the institute or school by bus every day, you will lose at least 30-35 minutes of your time. You can use this time effectively. You can listen to various exercises or audios to develop Listening Comprehension.
Use your smartphone correctly and effectively, you should use easy methods to learn quickly in the process of language learning. Your smartphone will help you with this. Using your smartphone, you can download free English language learning programs and use them without attending paid courses. You can also watch various English movies with subtitles.
The main reasons for this are the natural tendency of children to learn languages, the fact that they have a strong ability to imitate, and the fact that children have more time than adults. It should be noted that 6-7-year-old children do not understand the meaning of information, but memorize it mechanically. Therefore, it is necessary not to start teaching English to elementary school students with grammatical concepts. Otherwise, from the first step of teaching a foreign language, it is possible to strain the child and extinguish his interest. Therefore, teaching a foreign language to young children is very difficult and responsible. The following methods can be used to teach children English in a meaningful and interesting way
-To teach by means of songs and poems the letters or combinations that are difficult to explain or remember, that do not have meaning.
For example, it can be shown that children learning the English alphabet by singing is more effective than just memorizing. – games related to mental and physical activities;
-Cartoons;
While children do not understand the words in the cartoon during language learning, they try to understand the words they use through the actions of the cartoon characters. This is an interesting and effective way for children to learn the language.
– role play, the teacher should role-play or play it to children while teaching some information, for example, the names of animals or birds. For example: one student shows a dog howling, a cat meowing, another student can show which animal these sounds are.
– subject environment;
Children learn the language better if the teacher can create that environment depending on the subject. For example: traveling, birthday, in the kitchen, etc. On the topic of traveling, the teacher organizes a trip, information about the importance of traveling (foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane), where to travel (Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, England, USA) will give. This situation strengthens the students’ vocabulary, language abilities, and expands their worldview.
RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Children have a strong interest in finding answers to riddles. Therefore, when the teacher says the riddle in English or Uzbek, he should ask the children to say the answer in English. Then children learn words quickly.
Practical training (tasting fruits and other foods, smelling flowers); This sentence can be explained by the thoughts of a practicing psychologist: “The pedagogue, who wants something to be firmly fixed in the children’s memory, should use as many of the child’s sensory organs as possible: eyes, ears, sound organs, muscle sensations, and even if if possible, he should try to involve the sense of smell and taste in the process of remembering”. For example: when a student tastes an apple, its color is red or green, He should give information about whether it is sweet (tasty) or big (small), and after feeding other students, he should ask the children to give information about that fruit in English If the teacher asks the students the English name of the colors, the child will immediately remember that they are red-red and green-green. Ensures that information is kept in memory for a long time. – through gestures, facial expressions; When the teacher says something to the child or gives an order, for example, it is understandable to the child if he uses gestures in sentences such as come here, open the book, stand up, look at the blackboard. .
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
In conclusion, it should be said that teaching a modern language is aimed at forming a more cultured person, who has the skills of self-analysis and systematization of new knowledge. Innovative methods are an integral part of the modernization of the entire system. This ensures that teachers can familiarize themselves with the most advanced approaches and then integrate them and use them in their work to achieve significant growth in the education system. Many organizations are moving to a new level by using multimedia capabilities to send and receive information. The use of computers and other devices determines the success of the entire educational process. Speech skills in the trainings held during the educational process. Sufficient attention should be paid to formation and development of social flexibility. In addition, the success of each lesson in education largely depends on the correct organization of the training. The lesson should be based on the creative cooperation of the teacher and the student. Only then will students be able to think independently and will be educated. Learning English is not easy. It requires you to set a clear goal, constantly repeat new words, communicate without shame when you have the opportunity, adapt the process of learning English to your life, and finally, use technology effectively.
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Mother is the greatest creature in the world. Our mothers carry us in their wombs for nine months and nine days. Then they wash us white, comb us white, and give us white milk. Mother cannot be described in words, because Mother and Motherland stand side by side. The definition of mother is that, “Heaven is under the feet of mothers.”
If heaven is in the sky,
Underneath is my mother.
If heaven is on earth
On top of my mother.
If there is only one heaven
Dear mother.
If there is heaven in this world,
My heavenly mother.
Mother cannot be described in one word. Mother is only three letters, but one life is missing to describe her.
When I look at your eyes, it’s wet.
He clenched his teeth and asked for my heart.
Your white milk is white, mother,
One life is not enough.
We talk about our mothers, we can’t get enough of them, but there are very few of us who actually do it. No mother will ever do bad things to her children, instead they encourage good and show the right path. Some people envy their companions to their mothers, “I wish my mother was like that”, and feed them with envy. But “Kaltafahm” people consider Chuchvara raw
But I lived for six years and did not envy anyone’s parents. Because my parents are heavenly people. If a mother does what she does before the birth of her unborn child, the child will be like her mother. If a mother misbehaves during pregnancy and harms people, she can expect the same from her child. On the other hand, if a mother reads religious books and prays during pregnancy, her unborn child will grow up to be a Muslim like our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and a Muslim like our mother Aisha.
O my nightingale, sing it many times
A smile from his lips.
Laugh and see my happiness
My prayers are with you, my mother.
Mother and Motherland cannot be chosen in the world. What I write is not a fairy tale. The truth of my life. Before I was born, my mother prayed, thank God, I bow down like my mother.
May our mothers survive. As long as they exist, life goes on. After all, respected parents rock the cradle with one hand and the world with the other.
Kashkadarya region. Qoldoshova Dilbar Nuraliyevna, a student of the 10th grade of the 10th grade of the 43rd school of Karshi district.
Dilbar Koldoshova Nuraliyevna was born on March 5, 2007 in the Karshi district of the Kashkadarya region.
She is currently the 10th “B” student of the 43rd school.
Dilbarhan is the queen of poetry, the owner of creativity, a singer with a beautiful voice, and a ghazal girl.
She came first in the “Leader of the Year” competition.
1st prize in the regional stage of the “Hundred Gazelles and Hundred Gems” competition.
She took part in the “Children’s Forum” category and won first place in many competitions.
She is currently the coordinator of the training department of Tallikuron MFY in Karshi district.
Kamalak captain of the opposite district.
Head captain of the “Girls There” club at school 43.
The articles titled “Memory is immortal and precious”, “Our School” and “Mother” were published three times in Kenya Times International magazine in 2024.
In 2023, the first poems were published in the poetry collection “Yulduzlar Yogdusi” of the creative youth of the Kashkadarya region.
In 2024, ghazals of the creative youth of the Republic were published in the poetry collection “Youth of Uzbekistan”.
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The interview with Michael Poryes turns into a script
“No one ever leaves a star. That’s what makes one a star.” (Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder)
But the idiot who leaves a star, rest assured that a real star will never allow his return, I say.
Here is how my interview with the great Michael Poryes begins.
But it is certainly not a traditional interview. It cannot even be called an interview.
It could be defined as an interesting exchange of experiences, of work and life, where the theme of fame opens many treasure chests, often dramatic.
I therefore “transgressively” skip all the questions that I should have asked the immense screenwriter and filmmaker Michael Poryes and begin to talk about Billy Wilder, his daughter Victoria Wilder, who I met recently, my contact with Gloria Swanson and still on Billy Wilder, for me the number one director in the history of cinema.
An embarrassing statement, however, since Federico Fellini was my mentor.
Michael thinks of Billy Wilder’s films, he can’t remember the title of Wilder’s most theatrical film and asks me.
I : “The most beautiful film on the history of cinema and absolutely the most beautiful film in the history of cinema?” – I answer him – “… is “Sunset Boulevard”.
The film par excellence about fame, the theme of Poryes’ most famous work, the four time Emmy nominated “Hannah Montana”.
Poryes answers me by telling me that Hannah Montana deals with the theme of fame, which instead in “Sunset Boulevard” is fiercely the protagonist.
There is a common aspect between me and Poryes: we are both famous, with the problems of those who are famous and we both try to take fame away from our lives, invaded by fame.
Michael tells me that, coincidentally, his son, yesterday, made him understand how his life can potentially be controlled by his fans, since his information is everywhere on the Internet.
Hannah Montana fans are many and each fan wants to penetrate the life of their star, Michael Poryes, the creator of Hannah Montana!
What do fans really want from their idols? A vast and delicate topic this.
One of the goals of the fans, often linked to unawareness, is to deprive the star of his golden mantle that he shows off on stage, to, in the end, reverse the roles. But how? Just like in: “Les Bonnes” by Jean Genet, where the star is physically killed, his power is killed, his magnetism and seduction is dethroned, to absurdly reinforce his incorporeal icon, which is the only thing that matters to a fan. Atrocious. And this is what happened to me now: someone has penetrated my orbit and attracted by my magnetism towards my core, the “metaphorically” mortal clash is now underway. Who will survive?
At this point Michael talks about Miley Stewart , a teenager who wants to become a pop star. As her success grows, her friends start to look at her differently. And when she, because of her success, moves to Malibu, Miley wants to change everything: she divides her personality between being a star and herself and so creates Hannah Montana. Miley wants to be treated as herself. I reply that this is why I can’t live my life and Michael tells me that you never know if someone is treating you genuinely or treating you to get something from you or they are around you to show off to their friends that they are your friends and never treat you honestly.
Michael tells me that he has had friends since he wasn’t famous and they have never changed with him. And he asks me if it is the same for me. I reply yes, but mine is an unconvincing “yes”, since the energy of the few friends I have is captured by all the others who treat me for my fame.
Michael says that his career has had notable ups and downs, as he assumes mine has also been. Yes, my career has also had moments of glory and moments of oblivion, like the character of Norma Desmond.
And Michael adds that it is very difficult to navigate between people who are your friends, but who are also friends of your fame and people who are just your friends.
All this gets complicated when you are a teenager. You have to understand if your parents use you for the money you produce. I quote Amy Winehouse where the family does not seem interested in Amy, as a human being, but to be interested in her, as long as Amy produces money, so Amy, feeling useful, abuses drugs, to keep up with her shows, and then dies for this and for a love lived in this context. Atrocious. They talk about Lady Gaga and her mother, Sophia Loren and her mother, Cher and her mother. The theme again moves away from Hannah Montana, but the background on fame broadens.
I feel it is right to make known my dramatic relationship with my father, in relation to my fame, obtained, as with Miley Stewart/ Hannah Montana, as a teenager.
My father, a powerful lawyer, destroyed my friendship with Federico Fellini, forbade RAI TV, the Italian state television, from working with them, completely tore me away from my world of entertainment which for me was life, and I, in short, found myself alone, collapsed on the floor of my house in the grip of a powerful depression that isolated me from everything, everyone and even from myself, a depression fueled by my father for years, while Fellini called me for his films and my father tore those vital calls, as oxygen, from my life, because they would have given me back my fame, now in agony like me!
Michael is struck by this dramatic story of mine: because of my fame, my father literally rejected me as a son and punished me for no longer being his son Federico, for having become Wardal! Atrocious.
Only after my father’s death, little by little, without strength and disappointed by everything, I was collected out of pity by a great playwright who imposed me once again on the great stage and when I heard the loud applause of the audience, forgotten due to my long absence, I said to myself, with tears in my eyes, while the curtain fell: “Wardal, listen! You can no longer leave your audience, since it is the only one that loves you and will always love you! Courage, Wardal, you are not guilty of being Wardal! You see, they call you back for the applause! And then, Wardal return to the stage and be Wardal forever! ” .
I was sorry, really, to have vented with the great Michael Poryes, but it was inevitable: the themes of his Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana are so close to mine! Since long ago, now, forever.
Michael comments on how slippery our world of entertainment is, repeating that the anchor for him are true friends that Michael has because he is whole, intact: Michael has never been contaminated by his fame.
That’s why Michael has the same friends as always who have never changed with him, because Michael has never changed. Michael believes in friendship, where fame has no access. Another problem in our entertainment industry is people who want fame without wanting to study, without any preparation that deprives the possibility of believing in something and there is the absence of authenticity since, with my personal experience, I have often seen scripts presented as originals that were instead totally copied from famous scripts, never well read, that were authentic flops.
Another aspect of our entertainment world is that it always requires us to be reborn when we do not feel the need, to renew ourselves when we do not feel the need, to change when we do not feel the need and it takes a continuous “Metamorphosis” to sell, a “product” forced to be born?! A show that I am writing is called “Metamorphosis” and I will share it with Michael, since I know that he is an authentic artist, an authentic person.
A great and current initiative of Poryes is to have rewritten the story of Al Kamilah, immortalized in the non-fiction film: “Al Kamilah the miracle filly” by Angela Alioto directed by Christopher A. Salvador , into a children’s picture book . The story that has fascinated and still fascinates social media is that of a filly for which no one wanted to try anything to save her life and Angela Alioto, on the contrary, trying everything and believing in the miracle, after months and months of dedication and love, saved her life. The book will be released soon illustrated. Poryes believes in believing and, in my opinion, believing only takes place in genuine, honest, authentic beings and that belief can produce miracles.
Michael Poryes, recently becomes very popular also in Italy by Sky TV for his TV series called: “Home, Sweet Rome”, which broadcast by Max an enhanced streaming platform from Warner Bros has obtained in 2024 a huge success also in the USA. “Home, Sweet Rome” is a comedy that has totally interested the Hannah Montana audience, since like Hannah Montana it focuses on the teenager Lucy, played by Kensington Tallman, who changes her life and moves from California to Rome with her father and in with her stepmother, Francesca, who is an Italian pop star! The theme of fame reappears again, but it is less evident and everyone identifies with Lucy, immersed in a new life, in a new culture. Wonderful scenarios of the city of Rome open up with the irresistible glamour of Italian fashion and Roman life that my mentor Fellini immortalized with his most famous film “La dolce vita” and where the air of Fellini remains at the Trevi Fountain, in Via Margutta, at the “Canova” and “Rosati” bars in Piazza del Popolo where I used to go with Fellini and now it seems like I’m having a coffee with Lucy.
I often think about my faith and where it comes from in my life. It’s God’s grace that has been given to me.
We all have a place in God’s heart. I discovered my place at an early age. It was not only the circumstances of the inner city that led me to seek Him. It was something internal. There was a longing to be with Him. This was manifested by my experience of my foster mother Dee always speaking about God and Jesus. I only knew that God existed to me.
Now, 60-plus years later, my seeking is over. God is present in me. He was always there, and His Holy Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Finally, all the decades of knowing that I had been spared. Now, I have devotion to living fully in Him. The world no longer has me captured.
I turned to second Timothy 2-3, which gives me comfort knowing that I’m in Him and not the world of man. There’s a place and confidence of being saved to live in the Lord. Therefore, my faith and devotion have been sealed in my being. Each moment, I turn to Him because it’s always been natural to seek Him, and now I’m with Him here on earth.
May He be given glory for eternity.
To Everyone In My Life
As I reflect on God’s Mercy, there’s great gratitude and comfort, knowing that God’s Presence has always been with me. Now, knowing that my kidney function is declining, dialysis is a gift from God to extend my life. There’s nothing more for me than to be grateful.
I’m experiencing a renewed relationship with Christ Jesus as in childhood. It’s of great comfort to recognize that my purpose is to serve God.
I’m writing this while having treatment. The world is fading, leaving me to experience the greatness of creating. So, it is a blessing to have dialysis because it’s God’s gift of life to live.