Mövzu- Mini-encyclopedia of Azerbaijan Standart Kiçik həcmli dialoqlarda iştirak etmək Mətn məzmununa uyğun suallara cavab vermək

Vocabulary on the topic Population - əhali Territory - ərazi Border - sərhəd Lake - göl Independent - müstəqil Sacrifice - qurban Weightlifting - ağırlıq qaldırma Rock - qaya Climb - çıxmaq. dırmaşmaq Gold - qızıl Silver - gümüş Bronze - bürünc Create - yaratmaq Develop - inkişaf etdirmək Strip - zolaq Equal - bərabər Shield - qalxan Oak-tree - palıd ağacı

Mini-encyclopedia of Azerbaijan for tourists.

Independent Azerbaijan Money

Modern Azerbaijan Money during the year 2006, and from January 1, 2007, the new manat was finally adopted and new manats in coins

Natural Resources Azerbaijan has rich oil and gas

deposits of natural minerals that are useful in chemistry, metallurgy, construction building.We have health therapy with oil, salt and other minerals. Nakhchivan salt therapy Naftalan oil therapy

Pomegranate Holiday This is a new holiday. People of Goychay region in Azerbaijan celebrate this holiday on the 4th of November. Because this region is famous for its best pomegranates. They make tasty things from pomegranates.

Sport Sport in Azerbaijan has ancient roots, and even now, both traditional and modern sports are still practiced. Freestyle wrestling has been traditionally regarded as Azerbaijan's national sport, however today, the most popular sports in Azerbaijan are football and chess. Other popular sports are gymnastics, judo, futsal, weightlifting, boxing, and ice hockey. Azerbaijan's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Water sports are practiced on the Caspian Sea and in inland waters. Competitively, Azerbaijan has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Azerbaijan is also an active member of the international sports communitySportAzerbaijanFreestyle wrestlingnational sportfootballchessgymnasticsjudofutsalweightliftingboxingice hockeyskiingrock climbingWater sportsCaspian Sea

This year Azerbaijan was on the top of sport progress. Our country organized Baku 1st European Games on June 2015.

Music Instruments used in traditional Azeri music include the stringed instruments tar (skin faced lute), the kamancha (skin faced spike fiddle), the oud, originally barbat, and the saz (long necked lute); the double-reed wind instrument balaban, the frame drum ghaval, the cylindrical double faced drum nagara (davul), and the gosha nagara (pair of small kettle drums). Other instruments include thegarmon (small accordion), tutek (whistle flute), and daf (frame drum).tarkamanchaoudsazbalabanframe drumghavalnagaradavulgosha nagaragarmontutekdaf

Due to the cultural crossbreeding prevalent during the Ottoman Empire, the tutek has influenced various cultures in the Caucasus region, e.g. the duduks. The zurna and naghara duo is also popular in rural areas, and played at weddings and other local celebrations.dudukszurnaweddings Ashiqs are traveling singers who sing and play the saz, a form of lute. Their songs are semi-improvised around a common base. This art is one of the symbols of Azerbaijani culture and considered an emblem of national identity and the guardian ofAzerbaijani language, literature and music. AshiqssazluteimprovisedAzerbaijani cultureAzerbaijani languageliterature Mugham is one of the many folk musical compositions from Azerbaijan,Azerbaijan

Honors of Azerbaijan We have honors who created Azerbaijan

Made Azerbaijan famous to the world We have lots of fames…(What famous people of Azerbaijan do you know?)

Sacrified themselves for Azerbaijan M. Mubariz Aliaga Shikhlinsky ( What other heroes do you know?)

Developed Azerbaijan and gave us today’s confidence.

1.Now let’s use “ there is, there are” or “ have got, has got” constructions and make sentences about Azerabijan. 2. What else do you know about our country, its culture and traditions? Share your ideas with your friends and enlarge our mini-encyclopedia.

Introduced: English teacher of Yardimli region, Chayuzu village school. Saida Ahmedova