Where do you live? We all together in my beautiful city.

About AzerbaijanAzerbaijan, officially the Republic of

Azerbaijan, is the largest country in the Caucasus region located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.

Capital: BakuCurrency: Azerbaijani manatPresident: Ilham AliyevOfficial language: Azerbaijani languageGovernment: Unitary state, Presidential

system, Constitutional republic, RepublicPopulation 9 millionContinent: Asia, Europe

Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان Azərbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It's bounded by Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's Daghestan region to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the southwest, and Iran to the south. Azerbaijan is a home to various ethnicities, majority of which are Azerbaijani, a Turkic ethnic group which numbers close to 9 million in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan National Music, Mugam

The classical music of Azerbaijan is called mugam (more accurately spelled muğam), and draws on the music of the Iranian-Arab-Turkish maqam.[4] It is usually a suite with poetry and instrumental interludes. The sung poetry sometimes includes tahrir segments, which use a form of singing similar to yodelling. The poetry is typically about divine love and is most often linked to Sufi Islam.Mugam created in ancient Iran territory and developed in Azerbaijan republic and Iran Azerbaijan provinces since Safavid(The most branch of mugam which called by bayat(like bayat-e-kurd,bayate-shiraz, bayat-e-turk...)created by an Azerbaijani tradition(Bayat which have music talents)in different provinces of Iran like kurdisatn, shiraz, isfahan. The most of royal musicians in palaces of ancient Iran kings in provinces were Bayat and there is no relation between Persian and mugam because of different morality and life philosophy between Persians and ancient Iran traditions.

Azerbaijan has a wide range of music and music styles but the most popular is rap music. In 2011, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision song contest by rap. In contrast to the mugam traditions of Central Asian countries, Azeri mugam is more free-form and less rigid; it is often compared to the improvised

Our Region Ismayilli

The entrance of Ismayilli

The map Ismayilli

Logo of Ismayilli

Ismailly district was created with the center in the Ismailly village on November 21, 1931. The district

covers an area of 2074 km². It borders on Guba in the north, Shamakhy in the east, Aghsu in the south-east, Kurdemir in the south, Goychay in the south-west and

Gabala in the west. The district includes 1 city, 2 settlements and 106 villages. These settlements are controlled by 34 territorial representations and 67 municipalities. Its population is near 7800 . The landscape of the district is mainly composed of

mountains. The height of the lands hesitates between 200 meters up to 3629 meters (Babadagh) above sea

level.The district has a rich nature. The forests are composed

of oak, hornbeam, beech-tree, alder-tree, birch-tree, poplar, pear, spoke and other trees. Such

representatives of animal kingdom as elk, mountain goat, chamois, deer, roe deer, bear, boar, lynx, fox, wolf, squirrel, coon, pheasant, partridge, eagle, falcon, tetra

and others are found in these forests.

A number of settlements of the district especially Lahydj and Basgal settlements, Ivanovka, Galadjyg, Talistan and Diyally villages are notable for their ancient history and special beauty. Lahij and Basgal were declared the reserves of history and culture.The district accounts for a number of ancient historical monuments.Significant measures are currently taken in the district for the development of tourism.The Ismailly city was had been a village till 1959, a settlement till 1967 and after than he was transformed into a city.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismailli_District

Our School

Ismayilli Secondary School # 1 one of the huge school building and the best public school in the region is situated in N. Narimanov street in the centre of Ismayilli .There are near 1300 students in our school. It is a two storied building .

We study 5 days a week. There are twenty students in our class.During English lesson we are devided into 2 groups. We have many subjects at school. Azerbaijani, English, Mats, Geography, History, Physical Education,

At the kindergarden Voluntarism

We go to the kindergarten # 3 help the children learn English, read different books, and we become volunteers. We also visit the hospital and help the ill.

Our Class

The students of our school wear dark blue school uniforms which are designed and sewn in Ismayilli Sewing Factory. We have 2 shifts in our school. morning and afternoon classes. Morning classes begin from 8 a.m till 1p.m o’clock; afternoon classes begin from 1p.m till 6p.m.

We study in the afternoon shift.

My name is Ulker. My surname is Aslanli. I live in Azerbaijan, in Ismayilly. I am 12. I study in the 7th grade at school # 1 in Ismayilli . We study Azerbaijan, English, Physics, History, Geography, Biology,  Literature, Sport, Mathematics, Computer science and Music at our school. I study well at school. My favorite lessons are English, Azerbaijan, Geography, Physics, Mathematics and so on.  I like to find information about different animals, plants and countries of the world. My hobby is reading books and watching educational TV programme.

 My family consists of 5 people: my father, my mother, two sisters and I. I love my family.

Our Team

My name is Lale,surname is Aghayeva.I am a 12 years-old girl. I study in the 7th grade at Ismayilli secondary school #1.

 I'm studying at Ismayilli Music School in piano class. Piano lessons are very-very attractive, interesting, entertaining. I study in the 5th grade at music school. I can sing  some popular songs, play the piano. Music creates a sense of satisfaction on me.

   My hobby is reading different and interesting books, play the piano, go in for sports and etc. I play tennis, go running, play volleyball, basketball sports, such things love. I attend English Conversation Club with my fellow students in order to strengthen my English language . I'm going to this course because my desire is to know English much more accurate.   

I like these lessons: Azerbaijani, Literature, Geometry, English, Information science, Music and History. But I dislike Physics, Mathematics, Geography,Handcrafts, Fine art.

Hello! My name is Shabnam. I am 13. I’m from Ismayilli, Azerbaijan. My hobby is reading books,drawing pictures and listening to music. We have a very big garden and orchard not far from Ismayilli city. Our village is Dvoryan. We have bee families(apidae) We often go to the village and rest there in summer. I like speaking, reading, writing and listening English .Our English lessons are very interesting. We play, sing songs, act out dialogues, make our own poems, mottos.

My My name is Narmin, surname is Baymammadova.I am a 12 year-old girl. I study in the 7th grade at Ismayilli secondary school #1.

   My hobby is reading different and interesting books, cook delicious food, draw picture, design everything differently. I attend English Conversation Club with my classmates. I want to be a doctor. I need to know both English and Latin languages too. I think some words are similar to English.

My name is Shamkhal, surname is Israilzadeh. I’m 12. I live in a green city Ismayilli. I love playing football. volleyball. At weekends we have many guests at our house, my married sisters come with their children. I’m an uncle of nieces. My favorite subjects at school are Geography, English, Maths, Physics and Literature. I like to ride a bike very much. During my summer holidays we ride bikes with my friends, we make competitions. I’m a self learner of Japanese because our city and Ito in Japan are twin cities.

Me, Fuad My motto is “travel and attend”

My name is Fuad. I am 12. I am from Ismayilli. We have a big market in the centre of the city. I often go to the market and help my dad. I enjoy doing work in the shop. I also like doing my lessons, playing with my peers, go in for sport and meet my friends in Conversation club. I like listening to Azeri music mugam. I like Azerbaijan national food kebab, barbeque. My favorite subject is Geography. We have six lessons at school every day. I love school , teachers and my classmates.