Essay from Rano Dilshadovna

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Rano Dilshadovna
How to improve English speaking skills and become a great communicator.

Abstract: To teach speaking requires planning of activities which is not only allows learners to practice oral language but also focus their attention on important linguistic elements that can improve their accuracy . Drawing on a substantial research base, this article discusses key dimensions in teaching speaking that can develop language learners` fluency, accuracy and complexity.

Key words: speaking skill, procedure , method, techniques, practice, shadowing


English is the world`s most studied language -around 20% of the world speaks English. Learning English can lead to new opportunities in life, including easier travel, that you can study higher education at some of the world`s top institutions, including the University of the People`s online programs, which are tuition free! 
Practice is the key to learning any skill, especially communication abilities. Speaking more often will allow you to boost your speech expand your vocabulary and proven methods to enhance your English skills.

Speaking skill.   

1.	Definition of speaking 
Speaking is one of the four fundamental skills that students should master. Speaking considered as a productive skill. I was impossible to separate it from listening . We create the text when we talk and it should be relevant . In the nature of communication, we may find the speaker, the listener, the message and the feedback . Speaking is inextricably linked to pronunciation since it encourages students to learn English sounds. 


Surround yourself with English. 
English is widely used. No matter where you live, you can discover English language menus, promotional materials, novels, movies road signs and more your foundation will be stronger the more you immerse yourself in and pay attention to these everyday English techniques.

  Make  sure to listen as well as speak 
One of the best methods to understand the formulation of sentences and build your vocabulary is to listen to people speak . Try listening to podcast and recorded conversation . From YouTube to real-life conversations there are so many places to access English speaking . 

 Practice with music and movies .
Most people enjoy some music or entertainment in form of movies to unwind and relax . You have the option of watching movies  in your native language with readable English subtitles.

 Find a Conversation Partner 
If possible, its best to find a native English speaker with whom you can practice your English . If you do not know anyone in your direct network, consider finding a tutor . Otherwise, you can practice your conversation skills.

        Four Important techniques to improve English speaking skills.
There are also a variety of techniques to help improve your English speaking ability. 

1. Speech Shadowing

Basically, this is mimicking a native speaker . The easiest way to practice speech shadowing is watch videos or a movie with subtitles. Read the sentences aloud after you have finished . Play it back after that while the native speaker is speaking. To mimic the flow and pattern as precisely as you can, try pausing in between . You can record yourself doing this if you want to hear how it sounds when spoken by a native speaker.


2. Self Talk  

Whether you choose to speak your thoughts out loud or record yourself singing. Talking to yourself and hearing the words will help you improve. You can also read out loud. 

3. Think in English 

This probably will not come naturally, but you can help train yourself to think in English by first translating the thoughts in your head . Otherwise, you can keep a journal or diary of thoughts and write in English.  

4. Retell a Story in English 

Start with something simple, like a fairy tale or traditional story from your childhood. Then you  can take this to the next step and challenge yourself to retell story that someone else shares in English. This helps to check your comprehension and understanding . 


Conclusion 
Community-based learning method is a method of learning that can be applied to learn language.  It is very functional because the learners learn the language like in real community.  It is conducted out of the formal or regular teaching learning process that usually done in the classroom. These speaking techniques will help you improve your speaking ability.  



REFERENCES 

1.How to improve English speaking skills
https://www.upeople.edu/blog/how-to-improve-english-speaking-skills/ 

2.https://www.avadolearning.com/blog/the-7-different-learning-styles-and-what-they-mean/


3.https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/teaching-methods


Story from Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova

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Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova




Never Lose Hope: The Inspiring Story of a Cancer Survivor

Emily was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at the young age of 28. Her world came crashing down as she heard the news from her doctor. She had always been a health-conscious person and this news shattered her completely.

The first few weeks were tough, Emily underwent multiple surgeries and chemotherapy sessions. But as time passed, her condition started to deteriorate, and she started to lose hope. She felt like giving up on life altogether.

One day, while lying in bed feeling helpless and hopeless, Emily stumbled upon a quote that said, "Never lose hope, miracles happen every day." These words struck a chord with her and she decided to hold on to hope.

Despite being weak, Emily started going for walks every morning. She would take each day as it came and tried to stay positive amidst all the chaos. Slowly but surely, her condition started improving.

After months of treatment and perseverance, Emily was declared cancer-free! Her journey wasn't easy but she never lost hope. Her story is an inspiration for all those who are going through tough times.

Even when life seems unbearable and everything feels like it's falling apart, remember to never lose hope. Remember that miracles can happen every day if you hold on tightly enough. Keep moving forward one step at a time because you never know what tomorrow may bring!

Author: Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 

Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova, born in 2004 in Uzbekistan, is a remarkable individual with an impressive list of achievements. She has been an International teacher of English for four years and holds various language certifications, including CEFR (UZB)-C1, International ESOL-B2, SAYLOR ACADEMY-C1, and EFSET-C2.

Makhfiratkhon is also a holder of over 70 international certificates and is a member of approximately 35 international organizations. She has completed more than 65 paid courses from international universities and has earned the prestigious IBM $1200 badge. Notably, she completed Arizona State University’s 150-hour TESOL certificate course.

Her academic excellence has led to acceptance into esteemed universities such as North Texas University, Barry University, and St. Johns University. Makhfiratkhon is the recipient of the University Incentive Scholarship.

Aside from her academic pursuits, Makhfiratkhon is a founder of several projects and has participated in around 50 international conferences. She has translated several books and served as a delegate for Asia World Model National Model Offline Conference. Makhfiratkhon also won an International MUN internship and became an ambassador for SGAP Leaders. She is a fellow member of ERU and a member of ISRES.

Makhfiratkhon’s passion for making a difference extends beyond academia. She serves as a Child Rescue Ambassador for IQRA Foundation and a Child Advisor for Glory Future Foundation. Additionally, she is an ambassador for Greenpeace organization and an ACCA member.

She actively participates in various clubs and organizations such as Global Friends Club, IHRC (International Human Rights Commission), FIAG (Foundation for International Affairs and Governance), IAAC (International Association for Advancement in Computing Education), Gurukshetra Foundation, Borsiba International Organization, and INERY.

Makhfiratkhon is also a Global Youth Ambassador and a volunteer for the Movers Program. She has completed courses in TOEFL iBt from the University of California and Food and Health from Stanford University.

Furthermore, Makhfiratkhon has represented Uzbekistan as a delegate for ‘Best Diplomats’ in Thailand, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates. She is a volunteer for ‘Quyosh nuri’ and serves as a coordinator for IHRC in Uzbekistan.

Her passion for peace and social initiatives is evident through her role as a Global Peace Ambassador for Iqra Foundation and as the coordinator of Iqra Foundation in Uzbekistan. She is also an ambassador and representative of IHRC in Uzbekistan.

Makhfiratkhon’s dedication to personal development extends to various other areas. She holds two TEFL certificates, is an Independent Travel Manager for Dreamport Company, a VIP member and representative of Borsiba International Organization, and a Global Youth Ambassador for Global Youth Conference Dubai-2023. She also serves as a Country President of Iqra Foundation Global in Uzbekistan, an Ambassador of 21st DigiSkillz, and a Global Education Ambassador.

With her exceptional achievements, Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova embodies the true spirit of ambition, determination, and commitment to lifelong learning. Her contributions to education, humanitarian causes, and global awareness are commendable, making her an inspiration to many aspiring individuals around the world.

Essay from Oydinova Malika

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Oydinova Malika
Annotation: This article discusses difficulties in learning foreign languages and solutions to avoid this problems.
Key words: learning process, problem, grammatical difficulties, teaching, learning, foreign language.

Today, it is very important for everyone to know foreign languages. The world is becoming more and more globalized, and knowing two or more languages is not just a hobby, but a need of the hour. Of course, everyone wants to achieve a certain goal by doing something. Along with this, new language learners who start learning English, French, German or any other Eastern languages aim to achieve a certain goal and result by learning these languages. Unfortunately, some language learners make mistakes at this step and face a number of difficulties later in the language learning process.

However, learning foreign languages is a more responsible and complex process. Difficulties in learning foreign languages are observed not only in young children and schoolchildren, but also in older learners and university students. It is known that English and Uzbek languages belong to different families, and language learners face phonetic, lexical and grammatical difficulties. Including:

- Almost all students have difficulty learning the sounds [th] and [ð]. The reason for this is the lack of interdental sounds in the Uzbek language. Our language has not developed the skills to pronounce these sounds.

- Since the English pronunciation of the sound [r] is different from the Uzbek r, students also have difficulty in pronouncing this sound.
- The pronunciation of the sounds [t, d] is also not the same in both languages. Therefore, their pronunciation is difficult for some young people.

- [w] sound does not exist in Uzbek either. They also have some difficulty in pronouncing this sound correctly. When pronouncing it, they confuse it with [v] in Uzbek language.

In order to teach the correct pronunciation of the above-mentioned sounds, the teacher should clearly explain to the children the location of the tongue as much as possible, check it regularly through repetition exercises, and pay special attention to the students' pronunciation in each lesson. difficulties in sounds are also eliminated.

It also creates phonetic difficulties in the following cases:
- the letter e is not pronounced at the end of the word — apple, Pete;
- the letter combination gh cannot be read in the middle of a word — eight, night;
- the letter k is not pronounced before n at the beginning of the word — knock, knee and a number of other difficulties can be observed.

The difficulty characteristic of the majority of Uzbek students is that they add the sound [Ə] before the suffixes in their pronunciation when adding plural or tense adverbs: books [bu'kƏs], happened [hæpƏ 'nĀd]. Apparently, by adding such an unnecessary sound, they are also changing the position of the word stress. Not being able to read the transcription is a particular problem. It is necessary to teach the correct pronunciation of words and symbols representing sounds.

When it comes to grammatical difficulties in teaching English, it is safe to say that many difficulties can be encountered. If a person knows all the words in the language, but does not know the connections between sentences and words, he will have difficulty understanding the content of the speech. That's why learning grammar is so important. If he does not have good grammar skills, he will not be able to express his opinion properly. Difficulty in speaking, writing and translating.

-Article problem. This is arguably the biggest challenge in learning grammar. When we talk to many English language learners, almost all of them say that the most difficult part of learning English grammar is the articles and tenses. In fact, since the Uzbek language does not have an article word group, it is difficult to use and translate it.
Article rules should be memorized. However, the many exceptions to the rules make learning difficult for learners. If the translation is taught more precisely, they will not have much difficulty in using the article. For example, it is possible to teach that the indefinite article is translated as one, some kind of one, and the definite article is translated as that, yet.

-Another difficulty in mastering English grammar is prepositions. In the Uzbek language, prepositions are expressed by agreement suffixes. In English, conjugations are expressed through prepositions. For example, the place-time agreement in Uzbek can be expressed in English with the prepositions in, on, at. For example:

in - in January, in 2015, in a week
on - on Monday, on January 15, on birthday
at - at the weekend, at 10 o'clock

As for the lexical difficulties in teaching English, they are as follows:
-Almost all words in the English language have different meanings. That is, one word means more than one. According to M. Norova, one word in English has a maximum of 23 meanings.

-The fact that a certain part of the vocabulary of the English language came from other languages;
-The wealth of idioms of the English language and several others.
In addition, students do not and cannot always follow the rules learned in the training. After the lessons, they do not try to learn new words by practicing pronunciation and writing essays. It is no secret that one of the biggest disadvantages is that when mistakes are corrected, students often think, "This is not my language." This has a negative impact on learning a foreign language.

Excessive use of the mother tongue in the audience:
Learners learn another language best when they are forced to use it. The teacher should require students to communicate in the language being studied. Only in this case, the level of achievement in language learning and fluency in pronunciation will increase. Learning a foreign language will be successful only if it is strictly required and restrictions are imposed during the lesson.

Dependence of students on the teacher:
Independent work on oneself, independent problem solving and research serve to master any subject well. The fact that the student turns to the teacher for every small problem indicates his dependence. This reduces the student's ability to work on himself.

A number of ways can be listed as a solution. The problem is that independently watching foreign language films and videos adapted to language teaching serves as a bridge, at least partially.

In conclusion, as every job has its own difficulties and hardships, there are many problems in learning foreign languages, but there are ways to overcome them. All this is done through the curiosity of the learners and their serious approach to the work they have started, and their further research.

Oydinova Malika student of
Uzbekistan State World Languages University of
English faculty of Foreign Languages and literature


Poetry from Amirova Niginabonu

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Amirova Niginabonu
Master

The teacher is said to be greater than the father. 

So dear to me, 

To describe them, I can't find words. 

My teachers are different. 


No wealth in his hands, but love in his heart

Magic in the word he gives us,

I can't find a single bit of anger from myself, 

My teachers have a different opinion. 


Those who put their profession above everything else, 

Those who joke when we hurt their hearts, 

Those who love like a child, 

My teacher's language is different. 


My future is his perfection, 

Read that you are my beauty, 

Every year there are many new sprouts, 

My teachers work differently. 


He says that you are the seed that I planted, 

He says that you should not be tired after reading, 

He just says don't be left behind. 

The word "my teachers" is different. 


It is a mistake to say that a teacher is not a gardener.

It is a mistake to say that you don't hate your teacher.

Teachers look at the crown on your head, 

As you know, the teacher is different in the world. 



Parents are great

Parents are great, 

Take your advice. 

No matter what he says, from the bottom of your heart, 

Listen to his words. 


Where you serve, 

Don't give up. 

Any order, 

Do as much as possible. 


Face to face

Make it a habit to work. 

Your existence in this world

Consider yourself lucky. 


If you go on a trip, 

Please pray for them. 

Be such a child that

May you have a good name. 


Essay from Elnura Mahammadiyeva

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Elnura Mahammadiyeva

Life is more precious than we think. The events and events we see affect us in different ways. During our life, we face a lot of obstacles and depressions, we lose our loved ones. As a person grows up, his experience increases. He begins to see the worries of life. Now when I was just two steps into school, I started having dreams, and as the years went by, my dreams grew bigger and bigger instead of coming true. Then I thought, is it possible to make a personʼs dream come true with only good intentions? However, I dreamed, but I did not work accordingly, and I turned 14 in the blink of an eye. Then I realized that the more effort a person makes, the more results they get, and I started to work. I learned to set a goal, not a dream . Of course, my teachers at school were the reason for this, and I became very interested in mathematics, and I worked on planning my future. I think that the opinions of people around us should be unimportant to us, because they are only distractions. We should live only with motivation. We should not ignore things that inspire us. If we are afraid to do it, then we should definitely try it. Of course, inattentiveness does not mean not listening to anyone’s opinions, but realizing whose opinions are important and who cares about us. The more knowledge we gain, the more we will achieve our goals. We must follow the path taught by our teachers and parents, only then will our destination be clear.

Mahammadiyeva Elnura, a student of school 68, Kashkadarya region of the Republic of Uzbekistan. She is interested in table tennis.

Essay from Adhamova Laylo Akmaljon qizi 

Sometimes when we are in trouble, when our pain is crushing our heart, we want to feel relieved by telling someone about it.

Because a human being is born with feelings of anxiety, fear, and sadness in his heart. But we do not think that the people who are listening to us have bigger problems than yours, that is, your speech is almost not interesting to them.

Most of them don’t want to hear you, but most of them are happy that you are a pain. It’s a bitter truth.

Let’s not tell our pain to those who suffer like us, but to Allah, the Healer of all hearts. After all, He sent these pains so that my servant would come closer to me, so that he could be relieved by telling me his pain, so what are we going to do by knocking on the wrong doors?

As long as we say yes, it is not necessary to stand in queues for the reception of our Doctor, if we raise our hands together to the sky, He will hear us and answer us…