Louis Train

@NigoraFazliddin This is a great example of one of the differences between how Russian VS. how English is taught these days. Russian teachers try to help their students "sound Russian" and assume that all Russian users want to communicate with ethnic Russians and engage with Russian culture.

My Russian friend always insists: “Nigora, you must speak very pure Russian, get rid of your slight Tajik accent while speaking Russian” But I think I am not Russian and it’s not my mother tongue. Why should I speak like Russians while I can clearly deliver my thoughts?

@saintjavelin Kyiv has three nude beaches. That's more than all of Canada.

What is one fact you know about Ukraine that fascinates you the most?

@UZAmbassador This photo must have been taken before they added the pirate ship. (Painting by the fabulous Rustam Bazarov).

Can you identify this iconic Tashkent building by its ceiling?

@Feztickle75 @joshualdwchong @TorontoStar This summer's Craft Beer Festival was actually cancelled due to lack of venue. It's tough for everyone. Higher costs for event organisers+ cost-conscious attendees careful with how they spend their money. No one is getting out of this easy.

@joshualdwchong @TorontoStar Kinda seems that beer festivals, tattoo conventions, monster truck rallies, and pulled pork/beef brisket eating contests is where ‘the culture’ is at nowadays. RIP Arts & Culture. Oh, and $40 haircuts at barbershops.

Future of the iconic Toronto Fringe Festival is in jeopardy amid low attendance, rising costs and lack of sufficient revenue. #theaTO My latest for @TorontoStar: thestar.com/entertainment/…

@Duschanofff @niginakhon_ @jowiiu I agree, it read more to me like he's signalling that, given his own meagre background, he's aware he can't expect a bride who both comes from money and is considered conventionally desirable in other ways.

@niginakhon_ @jowiiu I don't see any clear evidence to conclude to that statement nor that I think women who are young and not had a divorce would want someone random as him. It's only logical for him to want somebody who doesn't have high standards, I see that as it's him being aware of his worth.

@niginakhon_ Obviously there is a dimension of misogyny in this conversation as well, and it's clear that the man envisions his future bride as a means to an end more than a life partner. And that really sucks. But is it wrong for him to not want to struggle?

@niginakhon_ Considering the inflation in Uzbekistan and the cultural expectation that a man marry young, have lots of kids, and be the sole provider for his ever-growing family, I think it's quite understandable that a young man might want to marry into money to ease the burden.

@niginakhon_ Especially in the past year, I feel like I see daily posts on social media about families being evicted from their homes because landlords are demanding higher and higher rent and wages have stayed nearly the same.

@catamarancommie @MikeHilliardAus Many gen alpha in Uzbekistan do not know Russian. They speak Uzbek at home and go to Uzbek-language schools. Far fewer Russian speakers than the previous generation.

In Tashkent I had the chance to address a class of Uzbek teenagers at a language school. 🇺🇿 Of the 29: 🇬🇧- 28 were learning English (hoping to study abroad) 🇨🇳- 1 was learning Mandarin (hoping to get rich) 🇷🇺- 0 were learning Russian Is the next-gen of Uzbek's ditching Russian?

@MikeHilliardAus A large and growing number of private universities in Uzbekistan use English as a medium of instruction (EMI), making English study very desirable for secondary students. Considering the limited number of spots in public unis, this is a door few can afford to close.

@mmantovanelli1 @GOVuz Who told you that a car never goes down in value? And why did you believe them?

In #Uzbekistan, citizens don't use banks much. They save in other ways buying livestock, foreign currency or cars — they never go down in value. That’s starting to change amid financial sector restructuring initiated in 2017 by @GOVuz. #FinancialInclusion wrld.bg/UQ2A50MC0pE

A great discussion at my presentation at #niletesol2023 . Online Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety. Really insightful observations and insights from the attendees. @ AUC The American University in Cairo instagram.com/p/CnzeLDotOJk/…

@megoizzy @UZAmbassador @slioy Where in Kyrgyzstan was this?

Show me your #TopYurt - any design, any location. Just remember to use the #TopYurt hashtag so I can see all the gorgeous photos. 🛖

@superakish Ещё не знаю...

@LouisTrain Отлично! На какие числа?

Так, для кого из твиттерских я буду проводить экскурсию в Бухаре в этом году?

@Tashkentbazaar This reads like it was passed through a translator. What language was the interview originally conducted in?

Foreign investor accuses Uzbek authorities of greed. dlvr.it/Sgf443

@Ostrov_A I guess it depends on whether you want your diplomacy to be proactive or exclusively reactive.

Why should Israel go out of its way to help nations who continue to vote against us and backstab us at the United Nations?

@draytonarmsSW5 Saw this in Toronto - very cool show.

She's more than just a wicked old witch Baba Yaga is a legend who lives alone in the woods and grinds the bones of the wicked. But what if she was actually a sexy, smart, modern woman operating off of morally ambiguous motives? Yaga opens November 1st 🎟 thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/yaga

@CIFLTE_CU Great, thank you!

@LouisTrain Yes, our symposium will be held virtually via Zoom. Please feel free to contact us at ciflte@tc.columbia.edu for more information. Looking forward to your participation! @CIFLTE_CU

TCCRISLS 2023 Call for Papers: Using Stories to Story Instructed, Usage-Based L2 Learning CIFLTE tc.columbia.edu/tcsol ciflte@tc.columbia.edu 360 Grace Dodge Hall Teachers College, Columbia University 212 678 6978 (Phone)

@ianbremmer When did this happen?

putin then announces russia is at war with ukraine (no more “special military operation”). the good news: not much russian capacity to escalate the bad news: wmd possible insane

so the russians annex ukrainian territory…the ukrainians take a bunch of it back military…and putin claims ukraine is now invading russia.