Online School for Afghan Women

Joining the Humanity Network for Women English course has been one of the most meaningful learning experiences in my educational life. Before joining the class, I was always looking for such an opportunity to learn English. It was not my first time studying English because I had studied and graduated years before. However, at that time, my main goal was only to graduate and receive a degree, not to truly learn the language deeply. Because of lack of practice and different life circumstances, I had forgotten almost everything I had learned before. This became one of my biggest regrets because I had spent a lot of time, effort, and money on my previous studies.

One day, I saw a post on Instagram about a free English course with an experienced teacher. I felt that it was a big opportunity for me, so I joined the class immediately. I believe social media played an important role in helping me find this course because otherwise I would not have known about it.

At first, when I started the class, I felt shy and weak in speaking. I was not confident when expressing my ideas in English. However, as time passed, I slowly gained more confidence. Even when I made mistakes or faced difficulties, I continued speaking and participating in the class. As we say in Persian, “Not knowing is not bad, but not learning is bad.” This idea encouraged me to continue trying without fear.

During this course, I learned many useful things from the New Total English Intermediate book. One of the most important improvements for me was grammar. Since childhood, I always believed that I was weak in grammar, but in this class I realized that the problem was not my ability, but my learning method. Before, I tried to memorize every grammatical rule perfectly, and this made grammar feel difficult and stressful. In this course, I learned that understanding the usage and practicing regularly are more important than memorizing. This new method helped me improve my grammar step by step.

Vocabulary was another challenge for me. I already knew many English words, but I did not know how or where to use them correctly. I also realized that many of the words I used were very basic and below my level. Through this course and the New Total English Intermediate book, I learned more useful words and phrases that helped me express myself better.

Another important thing I learned was about speaking skills. I always wondered why I could understand reading and listening materials but still struggled when it was time to speak. Through this class, I realized that speaking needs continuous practice and focus. I understood that my input skills, such as reading and listening, were stronger than my output skills, especially speaking. This understanding helped me work more on improving my communication skills.

At this stage, I would like to sincerely appreciate our teacher, Sir […], for his efforts, kindness, and patience. Despite his busy schedule and responsibilities, he devoted his time and energy to teaching us. The atmosphere of our class was friendly, supportive, and encouraging. I always felt comfortable participating and learning in the classroom. Our classmates also supported and encouraged each other, which made the learning environment even better.

Finishing this course was not easy for me. As a mother of two children and a wife, I have many responsibilities at home. I have to take care of my children and manage household chores every day. Being a mother is a full-time job without breaks or days off. Sometimes balancing family responsibilities and studying was very challenging, but I tried my best to continue learning. I am also thankful to our teacher for always understanding my situation and treating me with kindness and patience.

Finally, I would like to thank our teacher and Humanity Network for Women for giving Afghan women this valuable opportunity to learn and improve themselves. This course helped me improve not only my English skills but also my confidence and motivation. I hope to continue learning English in the future and use this knowledge to build a better future for myself and my family.

During this journey, we studied Total English Book and I had a very good Experience, I studied about how to express my ideas, my feelings, my memories and my experience. And Speaking about our thoughts is the beautiful thing. In this journey I truly appreciated the Knowledgeable and understandable personality of my Teacher. This journey has help me build my confidence during speaking English and share my thought without shame and I would like to thanks Humanity Network for Women Organization that prepares this supportive and save journey.

I can remember my first interview for an English class that changed my life. At that time, I was struggling with unemployment and depression, but this Opportunity meaningfully and positively changed my perspective on my choices and allows me to spend quality time. And it became a turning point in my life. I can remember interview day, he asked me about my education background then he asked about Active and passive voice grammar section, to assess my English level, then he said, “Wait a few days for announcement to shortlisted. After Ten day, they add me in WhatsApp Group and wrote, “Congregations you are accepted in our free English class”, then we had an introduction meeting then after the first day of class I felt the positive energy of our teacher and my classmates. When our class start, I eagerly awaited every day for class time, however it was in evening in my walking time.

It was very admirable class because every evening Teacher Start the class with full of positive energy. His name is: […], He is very creative and his interest file of study is Political Science. One of his qualities is that when he has good and bad news about his achievements, he shares it with us. During lessons, he inspires us with his life story and led us to education and being hopeful. Our class activity was unique, I knew that when we speak in English, we had mistic in pronunciation, grammar… but always he encourages us to speak during the class and I noticed that he tries to build our confidence in speaking and sharing our thought and I truly appreciate him and admire his personality. Now when I write this letter I feel happens and calm because we had meaningful and memorable moments in our class. And I’m very excited to have another class with this knowledgeable teacher and sweet hearted classmate,

At this moment I want to write about my sweet hearted classmate, however I haven’t seen them, but I hear them, understand them and I felt that they are truly different girl that I have ever met. I want to start with […], she is from […], she is very intelligent, I noticed that when Teacher asks about definition in Grammar section, she was the first person that gives extra information. And also, we have […], she life in […], I notice about her that she loves watching movie, one day when we have seminar, she present bout her routing life, maybe she thinks that she speaks about herself but she speaks about life story of all Afghan girl. And also, our teacher always calls her last name wrong he called “[…]” but the correct one is “[…]”. One of our intelligent classmates is […] She is a mother and she has good pronunciation and fluent speaking in English. About […], she is also very talented, commitment and responsible girl, I notice that she is very interest in studying new word, because I remember when we study new word suddenly, she gets It and use it in speaking section.

we have more classmate but those persons I rename they had different personality, they are real and commitment in the class, at the end I want to say that the only thing that can make it unforgettable moment is being real and the only thing that give high quality is our different and the only thing that make it beautiful is respect to our different and admire them.

Best Wishes,