{"id":45,"date":"2022-07-22T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2024-06-27T19:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:37:42","slug":"chapter0","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/chapter0\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>How to talk about a city<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mena-course-blocks-section-or-task\"><h2 class=\"section-task-header\" content-type=\"Section\">OVERVIEW<\/h2><div class=\"section-task-content\"><p class=\"english-text\">The introductory chapter introduces you to the city of Evanston, Illinois, where Northwestern University is located. You will be reviewing and expanding your vocabulary to be able to describe a city and the city\u2019s history. Using the new vocabulary, you will collect facts on your hometown and compare it to Evanston and to Cairo.<\/p><p class=\"foreign-text\" lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0633\u062a\u062a\u0639\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0641 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0625\u064a\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0625\u0644\u064a\u0646\u0648\u064a \u060c \u062d\u064a\u062b \u062a\u0642\u0639 \u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629 \u0646\u0648\u0631\u062b \u0648\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0646. \u0633\u062a\u0642\u0648\u0645 \u0628\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062c\u0639\u0629 \u0648\u062a\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0639 \u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a\u0643 \u0644\u062a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u062f\u0631\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0648\u0635\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0648\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629. \u0628\u0627\u0633\u062a\u062e\u062f\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u060c \u0633\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0642 \u0639\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0623\u0633\u0643 \u0648\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u0625\u064a\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>ACTFL PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS&nbsp;<br><\/strong>What I can do after working through the chapter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>list what one can do and see in a city;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>understand a simple picture description;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>locate landmarks on a map;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I can understand simple facts in a text about a city;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>understand simple facts in a text about the history of a city;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>describe basic facts about my hometown;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>compare towns based on basic facts and explain which one I prefer and why.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-475357844-evanstonmap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2887 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-475357844-evanstonmap.jpg 724w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-475357844-evanstonmap-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-475357844-evanstonmap-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to talk about a city ACTFL PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS&nbsp;What I can do after working through the chapter: I can &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3580,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/3580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}