Please log on for an Arabic collaborative chat at the time determined by your instructor and follow the guidelines below. You may find that reviewing Step 1 of Chat 1 and the Culture Vocabulary to be helpful for conducting this conversation successfully.
- Please be prepared to ask your online partner
- to name the place/region where they live
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where that city/region is situated (أين تقع؟
) and describe its landscape (coastal city, close to/far from a mountain range, etc.)
- to describe the characteristic weather of that city/region (hot, cold, etc.)
- Find out how they feel about living in that environment (whether they like it, whether it makes them happy, sad, etc.)
- Take detailed written notes of your conversation for use in Ch 5_Writing_2
Try to answer as fully as you can in Arabic, using as many new vocabulary words and structures as possible.