Chapter 1.6: Weekend Assignment
Learning Objectives
In this chapter, you will:
- Use what you have learned about apartments and housing in a practical task from daily life.
Weekend Assignment Activity
This week’s module is a practical task: searching for apartments in Arabic. Provided are two links with rent information for Egypt and Jordan: Rent for Egypt. Rent for Jordan. The task is to find specific apartments for rent based on different scenarios given. You will do your best to navigate and filter the website to provide some help for the following people:
- Sam, a study abroad student who wants to study in Amman, Jordan. He needs an apartment with 1 bedroom and 1 bath. Find a good unfurnished apartment. Find the prices and note how much it would cost in US dollars.
- Sandra is visiting Egypt with her family. She needs an apartment in Cairo with at least 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. Find her a nice furnished apartment with good amenities. She can go high in budget. Find the price and note how much it would cost in US dollars.
- Michael is visiting Alexandria in Egypt for the summer. Find him something economic–not expensive–with at least 2 bedrooms and 1 bath.
- Liz is visiting Jarash in Jordan. Find a high style apartment with 2 bedrooms that is furnished, with any number of baths. Find the price and note how much it would cost in US dollars.
Activity 19: Matching Apartments
Key Takeaways
- I can browse an Arabic website and find information on apartments and housing.
- I can summarize the information concisely and accurately.
