Footprints in the Sand
Her name was Gilreath
and she was fifteen
years old.
She was not ready
to start a family, to
carry the issue of her
abusive stepfather
to term.
She wanted nurturing
parents and friends
and love.
Two wrongs don’t
make a right,
she was told.
Then why are you
abusing me twice?
she asked.
There were wet
prints in the
sand to show
where the girl
stood
before she
plunged to her
death
from the precipice.
ONCE, I WORE A DELICIOUS FACE
Deltas don’t forget distant headwaters.
The bare winter branch no longer flowers.
The butterflies of my youth
have matured into maggots.
That which was garden
has transformed by time’s arson;
the glowing bud, the smoldering rose
have become like pollen ash.
To harvest the remaining me
you pearlers must dive deep.
THE RIDDLED UNRIDDLING
Our togethered time was
antic —
anticipation of futured frolic is keen.
Not knowing how becoming comes,
we remained riddlesome.
What wealthy beggars we were!
As innocence succumbed to weariness,
our fountains – they limited;
our foundations – eliminated.
Your footprints faded. I no longer heard your call.
High above all heights,
tiny rags of cloud still cling to sky’s naked skin.
Afterwardness knits,
or tears,
pastward threads.
THROWN
I’m being thrown,
knocked into next Wednesday,
but all my bones
are boxed up like hens’ eggs.
In my young nest
I dreamed of being bird.
Dreams cannot last
against this cruel, hard world.
I was plucked and packaged
and sold in market aisles.
I’m a javelin
but not a boomerang,
a-hovering
in the air like a hanged
man. I’ve lost my grounding,
my home is in the sky.
I’m being thrown,
knocked into next Wednesday,
but all my bones
are boxed up like hens’ eggs.
LIBIDO THEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE THEORY
Time was still new
in the cooling cosmic stew,
and the immortal prepubescent
was still learning omniscience.
After establishing The Environments
God granted Himself a day of rest.
But, already bored with nascent existence,
He remained experimentally restless.
And so the Creator became the Render
and divided humanity into genders.
But His novel dirt-and-rib mixture
was still a static creature.
And the world still lacked tension,
drama, and dynamic evolution.
So, in order to bestir the universe,
God manifested as serpent.
The event was mankind’s catalyst
for stress, embarrassment, and sex.
And while the snake did shed and shed and shed
God, changeless, new-knowing, stayed frustrated.
Though lacking yet any human ego
God sought to assimilate libido.
The divine adolescent jonahed a whale.
But the erotic projection failed:
the prophet was one the whale couldn’t stomach.
And soon time exhausted the Tanakh.
And divine anxiety became more urgent.
How could God continue as virgin?
Then God knew Mary and begat himself as Son.
And that’s how God finally became human.
WE WITHIN HE WHEELS: DALIT
At the temple festival the tables went hummming under the cabbage, rice, and melons. The summer sun waning. The baldbearded helium balloons dancing grandly among nubile paper lanterns, buddhas bronze/rotund. Ah, the season it was of Experience Superior — the feelings of love and the perceived reciprocity of love, when, past all balance and sense and generational propriety, exuberant amidst the consuming and consumed, we two, lanternballoon-alike, food and Buddha commingled, music and the truth congealed.
That’s why your paradox didn’t register at the time.
And the Children happy as tadpoles aswim in father’s river. And the Children pampered like feathers adrift in mama’s balloon.
Now my beauty r e a c h e s o u t In search of your moist and hidden cottage. (Remember the crisp sunflowers asmoke unkempt against the steep&damp scampismelly dirt path. Recall the rose-of-sharon labyrinth oft-credited –before and since — as the soul’s taoWay, eelslick & serpent straight, into the nirvanic heart of notUnbeing.) Your thatched and pointed little house — it’s not where last I fingered its locks. The knobs now I’m told are handled some other way.
But even so, blind and blind, my beauty reaches out
reaches out
my blind beauty reaches
Out into cold and empty vacuum.
And the Children pampered like feathers adrift in mama’s balloon, and the Children dappled in shadow ajoy in haughty first light.
Your holy mantra for the season: Iloveyou can’t love you. And the rutting neophyte at your knees picked at the koan’s echoed contradictions. I angled it in the light, squinting along its crosshairs, but the scope just would not focus. Flash powder applied, I tried to freeze it in its frame. But the quiver could never quite gel. Dusted for prints, but no proper whorl ever emerged to point its finger conclusively. “I love you can’t love you.” I parsed the riddle into phonemic meaninglessness but the significance never decoded.
Affixed onto the acrylic stage for minutest examination, clarity persistently remained at yet one remove. Until Enlightenment came at last, slowly in a rush. I’d always known you’d go, of course, but not so suddenly. And not so soon. The painful puzzle pieces shuttered into place. And the Children dappled in shadow ajjoy in haughty first light, and the Children, dapper as bluejays, agreed in bawdy verdure. I love you can’t love you. Clause the first personal, in classic equipoise with clause two cultural. Subject-clause by predicate controlled, the halving twins yining and yanging about, plusandminus all at once. The treasured self, forbidden/desired, embraced/abhorred.
(My fellow amthropologists, take careful note: her heart’s harsh judgment was conditioned by decades and millennia of micromacroforming. Metaphorically speaking, as such, I am the incest taboo. In those society eyes, I’m the catamite in the homophobic gym, the nigger in the genepool, the sheep in the unbleating humanfold. In objective terms, and all in econocultural context of course, her loving me was always te equivalent of fucking the corpse.)
And the Children, dapper as bluejays agreed in bawdy verdure, and all us Children vampiric taters in God’s root cellar.
But the mantramoth, addicted, tethered herself to the tortured flame. The cycle doomed to turn and flutter, return and flutter, and flutter away. Return again, again away, covering and recovering the same old ground, rut after rut after rut again.
And koan’s mystery deepens.
But the Children happy as tadpoles.
TALABALARNING ONA TILINI O‘RGATISHDA INTERFAOL VA INNOVATSION YONDASHUVLARNI QO‘LLASH METODLARI
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Annotatsiya: Mazkur maqolada talabalarga ona tilini o‘rgatish jarayonida interfaol va innovatsion yondashuvlarni qo‘llashning ahamiyati yoritiladi. Maqolada ta’lim jarayonida ilg‘or pedagogik texnologiyalar, zamonaviy axborotkommunikatsiya vositalari hamda interfaol metodlardan foydalanish orqali talabalar nutq madaniyatini rivojlantirish, mustaqil fikrlash va ijodiy yondashuvini shakllantirish masalalari tahlil etiladi. Tadqiqot natijalari shuni ko‘rsatadiki, interfaol va innovatsion metodlar talabalarning o‘quv motivatsiyasini oshiradi, o‘z fikrini erkin ifoda etish, til boyligini kengaytirish va kommunikativ kompetensiyasini rivojlantirishga xizmat qiladi.
Kalit so‘zlar: Ona tili, interfaol metodlar, innovatsion texnologiyalar, ta’lim samaradorligi, ijodiy fikrlash, kommunikativ kompetensiya
Abstract: This article highlights the importance of applying interactive and innovative approaches in teaching the native language to students. It analyzes the development of students’ speech culture, independent thinking, and creative approach through the use of advanced pedagogical technologies, modern information and communication tools, and interactive teaching methods. The research results show that interactive and innovative methods increase students’ learning motivation, help them express their thoughts freely, expand their vocabulary, and develop their communicative competence.
Keywords: native language, interactive methods, innovative technologies, learning efficiency, creative thinking, communicative competence
Résumé: Cet article met en lumière l’importance de l’utilisation des approches interactives et innovantes dans le processus d’enseignement de la langue maternelle aux étudiants. Il y est analysé comment l’emploi des technologies pédagogiques avancées, des outils modernes de communication et des méthodes interactives contribue au développement de la culture linguistique des étudiants, à la formation de leur pensée indépendante et de leur créativité. Les résultats de la recherche montrent que les méthodes interactives et innovantes augmentent la motivation d’apprentissage des étudiants, favorisent l’expression libre de leurs idées, enrichissent leur vocabulaire et développent leur compétence communicative.
Mots-clés: Langue maternelle, méthodes interactives, technologies innovantes, efficacité de l’enseignement, pensée créative, compétence communicative IntroductionIn the modern educational process, the role of interactive and innovative methods in developing students’ knowledge, skills, and personal potential is steadily increasing. Especially in teaching the native language, these approaches play a significant role. Interactive methods (role plays, problem situations, group discussions) transform students from passive listeners into active participants, developing their speech culture and creative thinking abilities.
Furthermore, the use of modern information and communication technologies makes it possible to present learning materials interactively and visually, encouraging students to engage actively with the topic. This contributes to the deepening of writing and speaking skills in the native language, fostering personalized learning and the development of creative thinking.
Main Part
Through the use of advanced pedagogical technologies, modern information and communication tools, and interactive methods in education, it becomes possible to develop students’ speech culture, independent thinking, and creativity. The main tasks in this process include stimulating verbal activity, strengthening analytical thinking, and supporting creativity. This encourages students to learn actively, express their opinions freely, think critically, and find creative solutions.
One of the urgent issues today is improving the quality of education and providing students with effective learning. To achieve this, teachers are required to use interactive methods appropriately and arouse learners’ interest. At the same time, teachers must constantly work on self-development and explore new interactive techniques. An interactive method is an activity in which learners cooperate, exchange ideas, and solve problems collectively through communication and discussion. Its main advantage lies in the fact that it teaches students to think independently and prepares them for real life. Interactive methods are learner-centered approaches that activate and motivate learners to think independently. The teacher’s role is to encourage participation, while the learner remains actively engaged throughout the process.
The benefits of learner-centered approaches are as follows: Learning becomes more effective; Learners are highly motivated; Previously acquired knowledge is taken into account; The learning process is aligned with the learner’s goals and needs; Initiative and responsibility are encouraged; Learning through practice is emphasized; Two-way feedback is promoted.
Thus, the use of interactive methods in the teaching process has its own characteristics. Careful study and application of each interactive method in practice broaden students’ thinking and positively affect their ability to solve problems effectively. It increases creativity and activeness. When theoretical and practical problems are analyzed through interactive methods, students’ knowledge, skills, and competencies deepen and expand.
Interactive teaching methods can be classified as follows:1️⃣ Interactive methods: Case study, Brainstorming interview, Modeling, Creative work, Problem-based learning, etc.2️⃣ Interactive teaching strategies: Brainstorming, Boomerang, Gallery, Zigzag, Step-by-step, Snowball, Rotation, etc.3️⃣ Interactive graphic organizers: Fishbone diagram, K-W-L (BBB), Concept table, Venn diagram, T-chart, Insert, Cluster, Why?, How? And others.
In addition, organizing native language lessons based on pedagogical technologies and using interactive methods such as Pair work, Small group work, Tree solution, Incomplete sentence exercise, Wheel of fortune, Find the wrong word, Mixed information, Alphabet, Scales, Lotto, Black box, helps enhance learning effectiveness. For instance, the “Wheel of Fortune” (Charxpalak) method is designed to help students recall previous topics, think logically, answer questions independently, assess themselves, and allows the teacher to evaluate all students’ knowledge in a short time. The activity can be used at the beginning or end of the lesson, during topic reinforcement, or for formative and summative assessment. Students work in groups, receive instructions, and exchange task sheets in a circular “wheel” manner. Each group builds on the ideas of others until the topic is completed. Correct answers are scored, and total points determine achievement levels.
Conclusion
The use of interactive and innovative methods in the educational process plays an important role in increasing students’ learning motivation, developing independent thinking skills, and enabling them to express their opinions freely.
Such methods Yo‘ldoshev, J.G. Ta’limda interfaol metodlar. – Toshkent: “O‘qituvchi”, 2019. Mehmonov, M.H Yangi Oʻzbekiston pedagoglari axborotnomasi “Interfaol metodlar va ularning ta’ lim jarayonidagi mohiyati”. – Toshkent:, 2023. Azizxo‘jayeva, N.N. Pedagogik texnologiyalar va pedagogik mahorat. – Toshkent: TDPU, 2020. https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/ona-tili-darslarida-innovatsiontexnologiyalar-asosida-mustaqil-ishlarni-tashkil-etish. Turemuratova, Aziza, Rita Kurbanova, and Barno Saidboyeva. “EDUCATIONAL TRADITIONS IN SHAPING THE WORLDVIEW OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOLK PEDAGOGY.” Modern Science and Research 2.10 (2023): 318-322. Xamrakulova, B.A O‘zbekiston davlat jahon tillari universiteti, “ Til o‘rganishda kommunikativ va pragmatik kompensatsiya startegiyalarining ahamiyati”. – Tashkent, O‘zbekiston
VIOLIN
Rehearsing a melody
A radiant young teenager,
dressed up in her room,
practicing her violin.
And so, appearing at a concert,
to which she was invited, the teenager
is a self-confident person.
That she doesn’t give up easily,
since the instrument requires practice
to achieve her goal is a fact, in fact,
she has even become a popular artist,
making music her main theme.
When listening to her, you could notice
the emotions of the audience
as the young woman stood
on stage and won over
everyone present,
thanks to the violin as
the main instrument
or supporting character
in the performance, the violin
is poised to become the star of the evening,
and the young woman is the most notable
for having used the violin as an instrument in recent times.
Nidia Amelia García, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a writer and an active member of Juntos por las Letras (Together for Letters). She has participated in numerous virtual events in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and elsewhere. She has also contributed to literary anthologies such as “Books of the Immortals” and “Anthology of the 50 Poets of the World 2022.”
She cries in silence
When it’s echoing,
The clouds go dark
The dream melts
The tears pulling down her cheeks in my chest
wake her up to another morning
The pain she endures has developed into tears
The clock turned,
In bed, the pillows are wet
Her cries couldn’t be voiced out to be heard
Instigated by friends, was the mystery she bared
She looked around
She was alone again
She cries in silence,
No care, no love, no affection
What a dramatic irony
She fed love in her heart with tears that flow in silence
Late night coming
The love has faded
She cries,
And left her eyes bloody and red
No attention,
The TV has now become her companion
Biography:
Jelvin S. Gibson is a multifaceted individual with various talents and interests. He is a:
– *Poet*: Known for his thought-provoking poems, such as “Addiction,” “Kweeju” (Abandon Child), “Love at Sunset,” “Black Queen,” and “Another Plus One”.
– *Teacher*: Holds an Associate Degree in Education (AA) in Language Arts from Licosess Mobile Teacher Training College.
– *Scriptwriter*: Has written scripts for movies, including “Greed” and “Kweeju” (Abandon Child).
– *Director*: Involves in the Liberian movie industry as a director.
– *Actor*: Has acted in movies, showcasing his creative skills.
– *Introvert*: Prefers to keep a low profile, focusing on his artistic pursuits.
– *Inspiration*: Draws inspiration from his father, who encourages him to pursue his dreams
Soft whispers in the darkest night.
A mother’s love shines like a guiding light.
A woman of pure nature, full of love’s might.
Thinking, speaking, in affection’s delight.
Her heart is as deep as the heavens above.
Filled with feelings and love.
A labour of endless love.
Mother, a colorful phenomenon, magical and bright.
A faultless projection of paradise, a wondrous sight.
As the Quran says, “Show gratitude to Me and to your parents dear” (31:14).
And the Prophet’s words, “Paradise lies at the feet of your mother”.
So dear.
She offers glassfuls of love to all.
A nurturing spirit that stands tall.
With a heart full of affection, she guides us through life.
A mother’s love, a precious gift, a treasure so bright.
She’s a multi-dimensional mirror, reflecting divine beauty, rare.
A reliable blessing for humanity, beyond compare.
In her presence, hearts find peace and rest.
A mother’s love, forever etched in our breasts.
So let’s cherish and honour our mothers with glee.
For their love and care, are blessings to you and I.
Hassan Musa Dakasku, is a Nigerian writer, a passionate advocate for youth well-being and a performance poet, He is an author based on vulnerability and of a personal blog.
The Role and Responsibility of Youth in Society
The development of every nation and society is directly connected with its youth. Today, young people play an important role not only in shaping the future but also in building the present. One of the main duties of youth in society is to develop a sense of responsibility.
Responsibility is not just about saying, “I’ll do it,” or “It’s my turn.” It means understanding that one’s actions affect society, family, and the people around them. For example, gaining knowledge is not only a personal need but also a duty to society, because an educated person is the one who makes crucial decisions that shape the future.
Nowadays, there are plenty of opportunities to study, learn new languages, acquire professions, and create useful projects. However, these opportunities are open only to those who work hard on themselves. That is why young people should not waste their time; even small steps taken every day toward self-development lead to great results over time.
Currently, there are about 1.2 billion people aged between 15 and 24 in the world — roughly 16% of the global population. Recent events around the world show that the role of youth is not limited to education or employment. Issues such as climate change, digital security, migration, and the consequences of the pandemic are forcing all nations to think in new ways. In these matters, the most active group is the youth — because they are the generation that will witness the results of today’s decisions with their own eyes.
Every young person should ask themselves these questions each day:• What have I learned today? Whom have I helped today?• What kind of mark am I leaving for the future? Each person should be able to reflect on their actions, because true growth begins with understanding and taking responsibility for one’s own choices.
Bekturdiyeva Nargizabonu was born on December 7, 2007, in Khiva city, Khorezm region. She graduated from Secondary School No. 12 with a gold medal. She is currently a first-year student at Urgench State University named after Abu Rayhan Beruni.