First of all, we wish everyone a very happy Earth Day! Here’s a picture from regular contributing artist Jacques Fleury.

Poet and essayist Abigail George, whom we’ve published many times, shares the fundraiser her book’s press has created for her. She’s seeking contributions for office supplies and resources to be able to serve as a speaker and advocate for others who have experienced trauma or deal with mental health issues.

Also, the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, a store that has the mission of peaceful dialogue and education, invites readers to donate new or gently used books (all genres) that have been meaningful to them, with a note enclosed for future readers about why the books were meaningful. (The books don’t have to be about peace or social justice or the Mideast, although they can be). Please send books here. US-based Interlink Publishing has also started a GoFundMe for the store.

We’re also having a presence at the Hayward Lit Hop festival this year, and we encourage everyone to attend this free, all-ages event! Many local writers will share their work and we will also host an open mic.

Passing along a message from someone who contacted us. If you’re interested, please email Mark directly at jennybridge45@gmail.com

Hi there, As a seasoned coordinator of educational events, this is my official introduction. Mark is my name. I hope our conversations won’t be hampered by my hearing loss. For an upcoming workshop, I’m searching for an illustrator, cartoonist, or artist to work with on a project. I’ll go over the project needs in detail and pay your fees in advance if you can assist. Once I indicate what has to be depicted or drawn, you can estimate the cost.

Mark Stewart from Ohio, USA.

This month’s theme is Lost and Found.

Brian Barbeito shares a mindful reflection on walking a paved road, finding a human place in nature. Rustamova Asalay depicts a farmer in tune with the sun and the cycles of nature. Stephen Jarrell Williams contributes several different ways of looking at and interacting with a city plaza. David Woodward contemplates life and aging while observing his garden, yet to bloom. Sayani Mukherjee dreams of flowers, rivers and mortality, biological life undergirding a modern city. Grzegorz Wroblewski, in a second set of poetry translated by Peter Burzynski, probes the corporeal and how we nourish ourselves.

Maniq Chakraborty speaks to being a lost traveler on a psychological journey. David Sapp writes of ordinary people and the weight of regret for their past choices, whether justifiable or not. Mykyta Ryzhykh’s poetry portrays people trapped in memory or dreamtime. Graciela Noemi Villaverde laments our human limitations: mortality and fragmentary knowledge. Sheila Murphy addresses isolation, confusion, and the weakness of language when it comes to expressing inmost feelings.

Bokijonova Madinabonu Batirovna’s piece explores the universality of grief and how it fragments and hardens some people’s selves. Denis Emorine’s novella Broken Identities explores the weight of the past, even a past we didn’t live through, and how it affects our sense of self. Tamara Walker (T.A. Aehrens) explores the practical and psychological process of repentance and healing from cultural sins in her novel Leaves from the Vine in an interview with editor Cristina Deptula. Vo Thi Nhu Mai’s elegant, understated poems express the weight of memory and unanswered questions.

Eva Petropolou Lianou’s poem, translated from Greek to English, and then to Bangla by Md. Sadiqur Rahman Rumen, expresses a warmer view of the past and nostalgia for the simple kindnesses of her childhood. Sterling Warner’s poetry revels in nostalgia, nature, and culture – from Silicon Valley to Oktoberfest. Mahbub Alam describes in great detail the Bangladeshi New Year celebration. Rashidova Shaxrizoda pays homage to her cultural past and the poetic heritage of Alisher Navoi. Kylian Cubilla Gomez looks at nature and culture with a whimsical and curious eye. Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa learns from the past while planning for the future and playfully musing about the present.

Nigar Nurulla Khalilova’s poetic speaker leaves a beloved to pursue artistic dreams in a journey that resembles a camel caravan. Lalezar Orinbayeva reflects on how her youthful dreams have changed over time, but she has not lost her optimism or determination. Ismailova Hilola outlines events that inspired her to become a teacher, how she found her life’s calling.

Eshboyev Oybek Davlat Oglu also speaks to education, highlighting potential roles for e-learning. Shahina Olimova researches the use of role-playing games in English language learning.

Chimezie Ihekuna shares his life’s purpose, asserting his artistic independence and desire to make the world a better place through writing and music. Biljana Letic of the Balkan Beats radio program interviews Maja Milojkovic about the spiritual, intercultural, and humane inspirations behind her writing. Shamsiya Khudoynazarova Turumovna’s poetry celebrates the beauty, grace, and discipline that goes into crafting haiku. Vernon Frazer positions words and shapes and fonts onto three pages with a loose theme of music. Rizal Tanjung explores the nuances and ambiguities within Anna Keiko’s abstract paintings. Jim Meirose’s piece mutates language into a mix of fonts and verbs and sounds, giving the sense of flying a plane.

Jacques Fleury also experiments with language as he reflects on learning to “go with the flow” of life, even when life’s “flow” is uneven, in a piece crafted during meditation. Gabriela Marin’s gentle poems evoke dreams, intimacy, and the imagination. Duane Vorhees’ pieces speak to attraction and intimacy, longing for human and poetic muses. Sam Hendrian explores moments of human connection and faux-connection.

Eva Petropolou Lianou urges human solidarity and friendship: she wishes for women to stand together and befriend each other. Dr. Jernail S. Anand’s essay reminds us that society’s leaders should represent ethical values beyond money and power. Rahmat A. Muhammad expresses her hopes for international and domestic peace within her country. Ahmed Farooq Baidoon urges the world to become worthy of its children. Isabel Gomes de Diego’s photos celebrate new and burgeoning life in various forms. Isaac Aju’s short story challenges the Nigerian social taboo about middle-aged women remaining unmarried, celebrating a broader scope of people and lifestyles.

Even as we find some new joys and new lives, we sadly lose others. Ahmed Miqdad laments the destruction of Gaza and its ravages on both land and souls. Emran Emon decries the killing in Gaza and the U.N.’s lack of action. Daniel De Culla lampoons those who lead humanity while willfully ignoring climate change.

Sandro Piedrahita’s tale of conquest, tragedy, and some tiny justice finally served dramatizes the Spanish colonization of the Incas. Z.I. Mahmud explores dystopian elements within Margaret Atwood’s feminist classic The Handmaid’s Tale.

On a more personal level, Anna Keiko’s youthful-sounding poetry expresses tender lovesickness and fear of losing her beloved. Taylor Dibbert’s weary poetic speaker gives up on the dating world. Bill Tope’s short story presents a tragic interpersonal situation with tenderness, causing readers to think about the role of the justice system.

Christopher Bernard’s piece illustrates how humans can defend ourselves against all sorts of danger with calm, mindful preparedness. We hope that this issue will not only charm and entertain, but inspire and strengthen you to face the days ahead.

Rampant

A dream of flower ridden blossom

The wavering chaos of the river run high

I escaped the drugged wish

Of melancholic numbness around me

The slit throated sky high buildings

Of consumer care and globalized madness

The sip of soma is adjacent

Life’s little brittle mystery of strange alteration

A camphor of village ridden blush

The boat ride of everyday coming port

A slush for the modesty of eavesdropping sickness

Till the city learners the indoors of passion

The burning ghat still flames high

As the coming and going to this world is rampant

As poetic reverie bemused in silence.

Modern education and its advantages in the educational process

 Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 3rd stage student, Eshboyev Oybek

 Abstract: The article informs the teacher of the modern educational system about the use of various innovative methods, thinking about new views.  Also.    The issue of the role and importance of modern technologies in improving the quality of education was discussed. 

 Key words: information technologies, video textbook, electronic textbook, information and communication technologies, quality of education, personnel.

        Currently, the number of initiatives to improve the quality of education is increasing significantly.  One of the main tools for improving the quality of education is modern technology.  Today, almost all people know how to use the Internet: smartphone, computer, tablet and similar devices.  Children are no exception.  Children of school age can use these devices and networks almost without problems.  Of course, this is a happy situation, but at the same time, it requires good skills and knowledge from teachers.

      In contrast to the usual technical education tools, information and communication technologies.  (ICT) not only provides students with a large number of ready-made, carefully selected, properly organized knowledge, but also improves students’ intellectual and creative abilities, independent acquisition of new knowledge, and information along with various developments.  allows to develop the skills of working with resources.  The knowledge potential of teachers in the field of ICT is implemented by improving their skills. 

        In order to improve the quality of lessons, teachers should constantly improve their ICT skills, and to meet such requirements, improving their knowledge through individual education is a modern education system.  In addition, it will not be useful for teachers to use various scientific and practical methods. They can share their experience with colleagues through conferences, seminar materials, teachers’ forums, and social networks.  Thus, the introduction of ICT and the use of the Internet to improve the quality of lessons provide the following opportunities:         

 Opportunities in the field of professional skills of teachers; 

 Increasing students’ interest in the lesson; 

  Many opportunities for teachers to approach their profession creatively; 

 Wide opportunities for independent education and remote education of teachers;

            Today, the speed with which the education system is immersed in digital technologies provides a basis for serious analysis and pedagogical justification of much that is currently offered in the information space.  The purpose of this article is to analyze the possibilities of digital technologies, to determine the priority directions of the development of the educational process, their advantages and threats, based on the hypothesis of the need for their scientifically based implementation in the work of higher educational institutions. Digitization of the educational environment can be implemented in various forms.  :

   transfer of existing educational materials, including lectures, presentations, textbooks, tasks for independent work and knowledge control tools to an electronic environment;   

 creation of an interactive electronic environment for the cooperation of teachers and students, including the creation of electronic offices for teachers, conducting webinars, discussion forums, etc.; 

  creation of new types of educational tools: electronic textbooks, electronic problem books, video lectures, quests;  

 creation of fundamentally new forms of education using the possibilities of the electronic environment – expanding the scope of image transmission of information, simulating various situations during role-playing games, simulating competitive games, etc.;

1. Electronic textbooks: 

  Their use helps to solve the following didactic problems: acquisition of basic knowledge of science;  Systematization of acquired knowledge; 

 Learn to answer very confusing questions;  Formation of skills of independent work with educational materials using ICT;  Development of self-control skills; 

 Motivation to learn and study science in general;  Providing educational and methodological support to students in their independent work on educational materials;  Providing a comfortable educational environment and opportunities for independent selection and search of information sources, that is, preparing students for exams in a short time, forming many useful general educational skills in them; 

 2. Video tutorials: 

 The advantage of using video lessons is that you can pause during the exhibition, discuss what you have seen and ask students questions.  Children must draw conclusions from what they see.  The duration of the demonstration should not exceed 10-15 minutes, then the type of training should be changed. Students can also download video lessons for homework.  The video lesson itself can be in different forms, for example, there are three main types of lessons: Explaining a new topic;  Strengthening of knowledge, skills and qualifications;  Generalization and control of knowledge, skills and competences; 

  Advantages of e-learning include:

 1) solving problems of education: elimination of regional barriers to education;  removal of time restrictions – access at a convenient time for the user;  access to classes due to the division of classes into blocks;  learning from highly qualified teachers.

 2) Expansion of options: the ability to choose the teacher and the method of presenting the material;  emphasis on logic, images (associations) or practice (situations, tasks);  the ability to choose the method of assimilation of material: through auditory, visual, motor skills or interactive participation;  the ability to choose the depth of mastering the material – a wide range of courses;  the ability to choose a convenient way to test knowledge: tests, tasks, projects, interactive conversations with artificial intelligence, etc.

 3) Expansion of the forms and means of knowledge transfer: in addition to traditional lectures, performances and seminars, the use of project work, group discussions, role-playing games and competitive games, including with virtual participants, etc.

 4) Socio-economic advantages: the possibility of forming social intellectual networks based on interests;  relatively cheap (high investment and low operating costs).

  it can be said that improving the quality of teaching today requires a wide range of knowledge and skills from the teacher.  Because today students also have a certain level of knowledge about modern technologies.  I think it is good for students to learn the basics of ICT from the teacher, as well as learn about the environment.  Therefore, today there is a need to constantly improve ICT and innovative technological skills of teachers.   With the development of e-learning, the market for educational services is becoming increasingly global.   The goal of introducing information and communication technologies into the educational process is to familiarize students with modern information and technologies, to improve their literacy in this regard, and most importantly, to improve their skills in using this information.  The introduction of ICT capabilities increases the efficiency and attractiveness of the modern educational process.  Emphasizing the importance of expanding students’ worldview, we should not forget the rules of their use.

 Used literature

1. Azamkhanov, B.S.  & Burkhanova, M.M. (2023).  Methods of formation of information competence of students of a higher educational institution.  Scientific-methodological journal of interpretation and research, 1 

 (17), 308-311.  

2. Burkhonova M.M.  CISCO network technology and its role and effectiveness in teaching computer networks.  Internauka.  2020. No. 36 (165).  S.  75-76. 

 3. Djalilov, M. L., Abdullaev, S. S., & Pulatov, G. G. (2016).  Improve the strength of hmac based on one time passwords using sha3 in hmac.  In Sovremennye nauchno-prakticheskie reshenia i podkhody (pp. 42-44).  

4. Kasimakhunova, A. M., Umarova, G. A., & Zokirov, S. I. O. G. L. The role of broad implementation of modeling on the subject of semiconductors in higher education institutions.

  5. Khoitkulov, A. A., & Pulatov, G. G. (2022).  Development of organizational and economic mechanisms to increase the capacity of textile enterprises.  Gospodarka i Innowacje., 23, 142-145.

  6. Latipdjanovich, D. M., Shavkatjonovich, A. S., & Gofurjonovich, P. G. Improve the strength of hmac based one time passwords using sha3 in hmac.  Nauchno-prakticheskie resheniya i podkhody, 2016, 34. 

Eshboyev Oybek Davlat Oglu was born on June 13, 2003, in Bulung’ur district of the Samarkand region.  Currently, he is a 3rd stage student in Jizzakh State Pedagogical University.

MY PROFESSION IS MY FUTURE

 Scientific supervisor JDPU, 

 senior teacher H. Shukurova

 1st grade student Ismailova Hilola

 Abstract: This article describes the opinions on the teaching profession and the inner experiences of the 1st-year student who has just entered the university.  The article focuses on glorifying teachers and the fact that this profession is an honorable profession.

 Key words: New Uzbekistan, teacher, sweet memories, teacher, profession, knowledge, dedication, speech, skillful pedagogue, top class, selector, selfless student, president.

 “New Uzbekistan – from the threshold of the

 school,  begins with the education system” 

   Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev

 When I remember that the President did not say the above sentence in vain and that only individuals lie at the bottom of it, my hands tremble and a strange feeling appears in my heart.  The role of our respected teachers who gave their whole lives to work in such a blessed position is incomparable in educating honorable people.  In this place, our respected teachers are accepted and honored with kindness and great fame among the people.  Of course, I think this is true.  It is natural for the people to be happy to see that he gives equal love to all his students with his selflessness, sincerity, and kindness in the path of his profession.  I still remember the day I first stepped into my school.  I was a naive girl who didn’t know who I was, cried like a newborn baby and was capricious, who didn’t know what life was all about.  When I remember the day I first saw my teacher, I think that he is the second reason for the results I am achieving now.  My first teacher was my grandmother, because before I went to school, she took me to kindergarten, taught me how to count, and raised all my joy. 

 When I remember the first pen I held in my hand on the first day of school, my respect for the teachers swells.  One day, my teacher wrote the letter “A” on the blackboard and asked me to write according to this pattern.  That was the first letter I wrote then.  Do you believe?  It turned out so ugly.  When my teacher saw what I wrote, he stared blankly.  I was very afraid then.  I was afraid that they will fight now.  No, my teacher didn’t.  He came to me and said: “You are such a beautiful girl, why don’t your letters be so ugly, in case you become a bad-tempered girl in the future?”  “If you don’t write well, if you don’t learn to speak fluently, you won’t have a place in life.”  I was ashamed and almost crying.  I stared at my writing while blushing, and I couldn’t bring myself to write back, so I couldn’t pick up the pen.  At that moment, my love and interest in the mother tongue faded.  My teacher noticed this quickly.  I can’t forget one piece of advice he gave me the day he started working with me individually.  “Don’t stop fighting, but also get strength from fighting.  Do not forget that no matter how many attempts are made, they will not be useless.  “If you don’t stop moving until you get out of your grip without success, you have lost your life today,” he said.  After that, he sowed the seed of knowledge in my heart and became a person of great value to me.  I was young at that time, I did not know the meaning of such words, what kind of concept they mean.  After that, I confidently continued to write the letter “A” again and again.  Yes, I tried a lot.  It is not the same in one, but it is the same in the other.  The same thing happened to me.  The result of my efforts was not ineffective.  When I remember such sweet memories, every moment I spent with my teacher is vivid in my eyes.  I think that whether a great person or an ordinary person remembers his first day at school, he feels a special impression and happy mood.  They yearn to return to that era, sometimes crying.  So, what do you think is the reason for his longing?  Of course, in the people who left sweet memories along the way with us as we come to life.  The reason why we remember that time and miss it is because of our teacher’s love.

My grandmother is currently working as a skilled pedagogue, a high-class primary education specialist.  I envied my grandmother when she taught, and I also considered the profession of a teacher worthy of me.  But my grandmother told me that it is not easy.  I used to think about the difficulties in the difficult profession of teaching.  However, if you want to achieve this from the bottom of your heart, no one and nothing can stand in your way.  See, my intention is devoid of truth.  I am a student of the Faculty of Primary Education of Jizzakh State Pedagogical University named after Abdulla Qadiri, which has a great history of 50 years, is powerful and has good results in our country. 

 It is an honor for me to become a teacher.  Think for yourself, from the janitor to the president, from the builder to the businessman, from the driver to the pilot, from the marketer to the breeder, from the specialist to the lawyer, there are all professions behind which lies the result of our teacher.  Our teacher will be our guide who will help us understand our past, understand ourselves, and know our abilities.  They do everything seriously.  In fact, both the scientist and the worker come from the same teacher and the same classroom.

 It is clear that mature and great people will emerge only from a teacher who can awaken love for his profession.  No matter how difficult it is, my passion for my profession does not fade.  I want to remember these professionals with a sweet memory for a lifetime.  Besides, justifying the knowledge they have given me, I will continue to achieve great results.  I need to find the right way to do this.  The main thing is that I should instill in myself the feeling of loyalty and dedication to my profession.  Along the way, I was accompanied by a team of teachers from the Faculty of Primary Education of Jizzakh State Pedagogical University. 

 After all, even though it has been less than a month since I came to the faculty, I was very happy to see the opinion and trust of our teachers during the introduction process.  Our teachers, who spoke, explained to us that we will join the ranks of talented students, and at the same time, that our state has created many opportunities for talented students, and listed the talented students of the previous academic years by name.  The university has a website “Akademiya.uz” for the promotion of talented students, and the articles and published works of all talented students are evaluated on this website.  I thought about all the ideas and carefully weighed them.  Our teachers are truly showing us the true path.  Besides, the trips we made around the university with our teacher were very enjoyable and interesting.  During such an intense trip, we also visited the palace of culture of our university. Our team liked the equipment there.  Students interested in guitar, piano, flute and trumpet are spending their free time here today.  In particular, we were convinced that the presence of books in the library in both paper and electronic form is a comfortable environment for any student.  I believed that it was a library full of books, so that we could not look for a lecture on any topic.  Seeing that our university is currently working on the “Hemis platform”, I thought that this was the first example of efforts to ensure transparency in education.  Strict action will also be taken against those who stay in class.  A credit module system has been launched for each subject.  Our teachers called us to be vigilant by telling such warning deeds.

Indeed, after hearing about the opportunities available to talented young people in our Republic, I felt a desire to join the ranks of talented students.  The number of our students using this opportunity is unlimited.  I can emphasize that Aziza Amonova, a graduate of the Faculty of Elementary Education of Jizzakh State Pedagogical University named after Abdulla Kadiri, received the Navoi scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year, Umid Kadirov “Mard” boy.  Ergasheva Mehriniso, who is one of the proud students, is the owner of the scholarship named after Navoi.  Fingers are not enough to count our proud young people.  It was the team of our university that made several of our students achieve great success in their personal lives.  As a result of their success, they were admitted to the master’s degree as a student on a preferential basis.  We are currently monitoring the results together. 

 Look, let’s think about it.  If you ask such people the reason why they achieve great results, they will point to their teacher without hesitation.  Sometimes there are those who show their parents.  Now I will turn to the question why there are students who show their parents.  Let me give an example of this question.  My dad is a hero to me.  Because he was able to restore everything from scratch, he ensured that we grow without discrimination among our friends.  Currently, I am far from my parents, but I did not refrain from money or sweet words.  For me, he is my teacher who has an incomparable place in life.  The way they brought up my mother with sweet words and taught me what life is is still ringing in my ears.  Both of these people are my wings, my first teacher and people who have reached the level of being my whole body for me.  I am proud to say that all the people who are fighting shoulder to shoulder with me in my life path are my teachers.  In particular, I set myself the goal of joining the ranks of exemplary and selfless students at the university.  My teacher Shukurova Halima Sunnatullayevna, who understood this goal and helped me earnestly, became a teacher.  Many students ask, why did you choose this teacher?  Have you thought about whether he will be strong enough to work with you when he is older?  they say.  But Ustazim’s many experiences, his motherly way of delivering his thoughts, and his kind eyes drew people to him.   I have witnessed many times that my teacher also has intuitive abilities. 

 In conclusion, I can say that receiving the status of a teacher and working faithfully to it is an honorable task only for patient, persistent and proud people.  In particular, teachers of primary education should not have such a difficult profession as teaching students from zero, bringing them to the level of a great person, and supporting the student to reach perfection in any situation.  A doctor’s mistake kills a patient, a teacher’s mistake kills the whole world.  As I grow up to be a teacher, I think that the opinion of my teachers, my grandmother’s trust in me, and the attention of my family members are behind me.

References:

 Sh.M. Mirziyoyev “We will continue our path of national development and raise it to a new level.” TASHKENT “UZBEKISTAN” 2017.

 Abdullayeva N. “Kasbim-fakhrim” “Mannaviyat” newspaper 2021.

 Ulug’bekova O. “I bow to my teacher” “Jizzakh Haqikatii” newspaper  2023 year

Ismailova Hilola is the daughter of Alimardon.  She was born in Urganch district of Khorezm region.  Currently, she is a 1st-year student at Jizzakh State Pedagogical University named after Abdulla Kadyrov.  She has a national certificate of the Uzbek language and is a proud student of Academic Lyceum, holder of a red diploma.

Examine close reading of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale with critical perspectives and textual references.

Margaret Atwood’s masterpiece  “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a phenomenal dystopian speculative fiction of contemporary totalitarianism and authoritarianism “within Western society and within Christian tradition itself”.  Old Testamentary militarized hierarchy disempowers women’s emancipation and dismantles womanhood into the closetted fetters of patriarchalism and misogyny as encountered by the tragic handmaids Offred and Ofglen. The worldview of casually held attitudes about women is a real life problem exposition of social commentary critiquing antifeminism and gender treachery, ecological disasters like nuclear radiation and chemical pollution, civil war and political turmoil, widespread sterility/ infertility and sexually transmitted diseases (HIVs and AIDs) contagion. New England Puritanism of Gileadean microcosm is a metafictional epilogue of post futuristic dystopian society purporting to be the premise of international historical association conference 2195. “Loving neighbours while harbouring animosity for the arbitrary adversaries reflect stranding of beleaguered populace within the communion and community. Offred is otherized as a concubine and wanton woman of the preGileadean regime. Offred’s reproductive machinery emblematically symbolizes sacrificial offering as a two legged womb fertility and/or surrogacy despite her malicious victimhood vulnerable to the vicious status quo as adulteress and strumpet. Mooning and Juneing of the coterie damsels and brothel courtesans reflect the objectification of commodified property of male gaze as extrapolated by the novelist. Gileadean feminization refrain and restrain from womanizing creatures of male power fantasies. Sexuality and gender stereotyping apartheid of womanhood is subversively challenged by subalterns and marthas, Rita and Nick, harbouring solidarity with the Mayday Resistance movement. Nick is hired by Serena Joy to cuckold Offred in return of heir to eclipse sexual impotency and emasculative effeminacy of her masterly lord husband, the commandant. However, Nick embodies humanness and philanthropism through espousal of escapade for the entrapped maiden’s absconsion to Canada. 

Atwood’s feminist utopian idealism pontificates that masculine system is the major cause of social and political problems and showcases women as not only as the least equals of men but also as the sole arbiters of their reproductive functions. The novel is detrimental to Christian tradition because of being sexually explicit, violently graphic and morally corrupt. Anti Biblical teachings pertaining to sexuality and gender education are preached within the domain of The Handmaid’s Tale. However, the novel is a masterpiece of dystopian speculative fiction that espouses the exploration of “the most insidious and violent manifestations of power in Western history”.  Jezebels and handmaids are iconoclastic milestones and cornerstones of enforced sexual captivity sanctioned by the Gileadean regime. Furthermore allegorical satire of the en masse non white African Americans rehabilitation and/or en route of Jewish diasporic exodus community repatriation to New Jerusalem have been depicted by the novelist. This dystopian nightmarish speculative fiction anchors barren wives of the elite class as royalists and depersonalizes the subjectivity of the subaltern other gender as fertility machines in accord with their reproductive agencies. Moreover, segregationist and separatist abortion rights and declining birth rates in Romanian and Canadian territorial context are allegorized. The universalistically spectacular appeal of the novel distinctively intertwines interlacing of feminist survivor characters’ destinies with ideological absolutism of the tyrannical apartheid. Racial persecution and ethnic cleansing cast vulnerable survivalists as prey into the cascade of fanaticism, extremism and fundamentalism.  

Regressive and repressive state policies of conservative Gilead disfavours women’s rights movement including sapphic individuals, abortionists, abolitionists, religious sects and banishing Jews, elderly females and non white populace to the territorial outskirts of radioactive fallout colonies. As a feminist activist Margaret Atwood voices for women’s education and property power of attorney as manifested through the caricature of Mayday Resistance. Mayday Resistance is bolstered by radical feminist activist Ofglen to overthrow the republic of Gilead. However, the antifeminist traits of the novel marginalizes and otherizes handmaids as mere breeders of reproductive machinery and /or reproductive agencies. These womenfolk relegates themselves as inferior and subservient to social, religious and cosmic roles, duties, obligations and errands sanctified and decreed by state sponsored right wing fundamentalism, rigid dogmas and misogynistic theosophies. Atwood’s Aunt Lydia is a depiction of church-state sponsored staunchest pacifists passive to the women’s resistance and rebellion; vicious preachers casting as spokesperson for antifeminism and urges handmaids to metamorphose themselves in the crux of de-sexuality, impersonality, disfiguration, disembodiment and dehumanization. In contrast, Nick is a renegade mutineering legacy of handmaids through underground networking channels resulting in rescue operations of entrapped maidens. However, the novel’s mimetic impulse of the commander appears more pathetic than sinister, baffled than manipulative and almost at all times a fool personae, thus condoning antifeminism. The narrator-protagonist of Handmaid’s Tale coping, endurance and survival quest after all, transmits translucent beacon of hope and humility for the oppressed minority amidst chilling and depressive uprooted soulless existence of a misogynous regime. Atwood’s subtle transfiguration to heroic feminist survivor sly subversive and determined daring conniver overthrow coercive dungeons of the pervasive canons of Gilead’s ruthlessly dystopian tyrannical nature. “Dark realm within’, ‘cellar’ and ‘attic hiding place’ connote ubiquitous nightmarish envisionings colonizing powers imposed upon handmaid-slave dynamic identity beyond exemplar premises of pervasive canons of Gilead frontiers. Offred’s solicitous gratification with hiraeth is a phantasmal escapism from absurdity and futility and/or defeatism and paralysis of the obsolete frozen barren wasteland. The mind style narrator-protagonist voice and perception is symptomatic of traumatic events and of excluded experiences that exemplifies discourse of a socially marginalized individual more than a woman’s language. Afterall, Eurydice, the Creation- death goddess whose self-expression and self-affirmation epiphanies emerges as evanescently and enigmatically in the resurrected tomb of the buried earthy womb epitomizes Offred’s repressive state of affairs. 

Further Reading, References, Endnotes and Podcasts

Donna J. Haraway’s, 35. Introduction: A Cyborg Manifesto, Science, Technology and Socialist Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century, Routledge New York pp. 149-181

Speculative Fiction Marek Oziewicz, University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.78, Published online: 29 March 2017

A woman’s place is in the resistance: self, narrative and performative femininity as subversion and weapon in the Handmaid’s Tale by Courtney Landis, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Repository and Digital Archive pp. 1-70

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Alisher Navoi

The world of meaning 

Grandfathers wise

Mulki Ghazal sultanis

Co-owners of the word estate

Hamsalari elga doston 

There is in him a dishonest faith

The waqfia is also verbose

The waqv lands are a place for him

Religious deanery Nizami

Guests of Iraq too

Jami, Khisrav, Nizami

Mentors of the Nawab

Ganj-polish it took from Panj

Assessment of the Turkic language

Created works

 Inthe land for five centuries 

A shelf stored

For twelve thousand bytes 

Two bytes are reaching

Mir Alisher Memorial

Long live in our hearts

Ruboians will be iodine

To our sealed minds

Babur Mirza

Bowed head gone from his land

The crow of fate after Itardi

Andijoni left behind crying

The king who was going to gather

Figus, whose heart is broken by blood

Tears that would vibrate the arches

He was waiting to be hugged by an Afghan

It should have been the King Of The Indian

Jangu-accelerated became the ruler

Made India Elga ovvoza

In science became king Beth Dawson

Boburnoma Dey laid gate

He knew him as a lion of the world

Centuries came from old moans

Midabdi hijran in homesickness

Bitmabdi stinging bat

Here are the years gone Beaver’s yodi

We are in the hearts of youth mangu toabad

The Babur generation in the land of emergence

This Beaver will not be distant only

Rashidova Shahrizoda Zarshidovna was born on October 31, 2010, in the Xo’jakon neighborhood of Qorako’l district, Bukhara region. She is currently an 8th-grade student at School No. 20 in the district and actively participates in various competitions. Notably, she secured first place in the ‘Young Reader’ competition in 2022 and 2023. She is also the winner of contests such as ‘Poetry Recital,’ ‘I Can Do It All,’ ‘My Homeland in My Words and Tunes,’ ‘Wings of Inspiration,’ ‘The Scholar-2018,’ and ‘Zakovat (Brain Ring).’

Her poems and stories have been featured in several journals, including Kindness and Raven Cage, where she consistently contributes her creative works. She is the author of books titled The Magic of the Pen, The Mirror of Inspiration, and The First Flight of a Creator.

In addition, Shahrizoda is the coordinator of ‘Aspiration’ EVH in Qorako’l district and serves as the head of the Wekelet Community organization in Uzbekistan.

Improving speaking skills through using role-play games

                          Olimova Shahina Botirjon qizi

                Student of  Uzbekistan State World Languages University

Abstract: As Globalization is changing rapidly; English is becoming the primary international communicative language across the world. Therefore, responding to students’ needs about improving oral skills in English can be effectively achieved through role-playing games. This article investigates the effectiveness of using innovative approaches and engaging games in teaching and provides useful methods and implementations for developing speaking skills.

Key words: communication, games, role-plays, effective methods.

Introduction: English is a language. mainly used by people to communicate with each other to make relationships, so English is a crucial bridge that connects people with other nations. Speaking is the most productive skill that requires doing. practices continuously, as compared to other parts. However, there are some problems that students face frequently, and teachers need to help them to alleviate challenges. Firstly, many students feel nervous or self-conscious. when they speak, especially in front of their peers and teachers.

Secondly, a restricted vocabulary can make it more challenging to express their opinion. clearly; it leads to hesitation and frustration while speaking. Thirdly, Students may struggle with pronouncing words, which can mainly affect their clarity and make it difficult for others to understand them. Additionally, one of the biggest problems that make it difficult for students to speak is that They usually may not have enough opportunity to practice speaking in a suitable environment due to limited classroom activities.

Problems that are counted above are divided into two main parts: internal and external factors. Internal factors consist of motivation, confidence, and background knowledge, while external factors involve teacher interaction, class environment, and interactive methods.

For solving these problems, role-play can be effective. teaching technique that can enhance students’ communication ability for several reasons.

1. Role play emphasizes students’ participation. This game engages students to play different kinds of characters and encourages them to simulate real-life situations where students can practice speaking skills in comfortable atmosphere. It helps them to become more comfortable with various conversations. and varied interactions.

2. Engaging in role play allows students to practice without fear of judgment. As they become more familiar with speaking in various roles, their confidence grows; consequently, it leads to improvement in fluency.

3. Students use different vocabularies that are related. to specific topics. and scenes that aid retention and help them understand how to use vocabulary and grammar appropriately in different situations.

4. Role play encourages students to think critically. and boost their fluency. In role plays, students must think on their feet. which can contribute to enhancing their ability to formulate thoughts quickly and articulate them clearly.

5. Working with classmates during play exercises boosts not only their teamwork skills but also their collaborative communication ability as they negotiate roles and scenarios together.

Research and discussion:

This research was conducted in the classroom. For observation, fifth-grade students were selected, consisting of 18 students. It is intended to improve their speaking. ability through role-playing games. The study was conducted over eight weeks.

Week 1: Participants took a pre-test to assess their speaking proficiency. Teachers introduced role-play activities that involved daily basic conversations such as ordering food in a restaurant, buying vegetables, and fruits from supermarkets. It was not too complicated and challenging; that can easily engage groups in traditional speaking exercises.

Week 2-7: The experimental group participated in weekly role-play scenes. Each session focused on different types of topics, and students were able to rotate their roles; consequently, they ensured a diverse set of speaking opportunities. They tried to speak without learning sentences by heart.

Week 8: At the end of the 8 weeks, students took a speaking exam to compare their results with pre-tests. It was exactly shown that there were significant increases in their speaking proficiency scores. When teachers got a speaking test from students; they were able to see great improvement in not only their grammatical and lexical resources, but also in their fluency. During the conversation, 80 percent of students used complex structures and complicated vocabularies about specific topics, and they expressed their opinion without hesitation and interruptions. Additionally, students had a more positive attitude. towards speaking in English and saw greater confidence in their speaking ability.

Conclusion:

Impact of teaching speaking Skills through role play help students to increase their ability to speak. It was shown from the research that through simulating real-life scenarios, participants will be able to practice language skills in supportive and engaging atmosphere. Additionally, during the play, the students learn to be fluent and continue their speech without interruption. After the research, it was clearly shown that the student’s interest in the English language has increased and Also, they learned how to communicate with native speakers.

References:

1. Harris, D. P. (1997). Testing English as a Second Language.” Bombay: MC Graw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
2. Harmer, J. (2007). “The practice of English language teaching’’ Pearson Longman
3. Thornbury, S. (2005). “How to teach Speaking.’’ Pearson Longman.
4. Tudor, I. (2001). “The dynamics of the language classroom.” Cambridge University Press.