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 1 My Father
  ◗ Describing a person, managing relationship
  ◗ Mutual understanding in personal life
  ◗ Analyzing human relationships
 2 Why My Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry
  ◗ Describing your impressions of a person or
  an event
  ◗ Talking about behavior or its changes
  ◗ Analyzing the linguistic features of humorous
  stories
 3 Saved by His Mistakes
  ◗ Talking about problems or difficult situations
  ◗ Talking about animals and their features
  ◗ Discussing animal behaviors though discourse analysis
 4 The Two Roads
  ◗ Talking about one’s understanding of life
  ◗ Expressing about dreams, ideas, or plans about one’s future
  ◗ Talking about one’s understanding of success or failure
 5 Creating a Caribbean Spring Festival
  ◗ Talking about festivals and activities
  ◗ Talking about the procedures of preparation and celebrations
  ◗ Talking about folk customs
 6 My First Class
  ◗ Talking about educational establishments
  ◗ Talking about people, positions, and jobs related to education
  ◗ Talking about teacher-student’s relationship
 7 Genius Sacrificed for Failure
  ◗ Talking about social justice such as gender issues
  ◗ Talking about women’s roles in family and society
  ◗ Talking about one’s talents or weaknesses
 8 A Horse and Two Goats
  ◗ Talking about means of communication
  ◗ Showing meanings, emotions, attitudes through body language
  ◗ Playing out a story in a drama
 9 Learning a Language
  ◗ Talking about language learning experiences
  ◗ Discussing the complexities of language and language use
  ◗ Talking about Greek and Roman mythology
 10 Bargains
  ◗ Talking about shopping
  ◗ Talking about bargaining
  ◗ Analyzing deadpan comic style of exaggeration
 11 Out of the Mists
  ◗ Reminiscing about one’s life in the past
  ◗ Talking about people relationships
  ◗ Analyzing a short story
 12 Where the Sun Always Rises
  ◗ Talking about love of nature in education
  ◗ Describing views of countryside and parks
  ◗ Talking about cultural differences regarding nature
 13 Glue
  ◗ Talking about using little gadgets and tools in everyday life
  ◗ Naming the tools, gadgets, instruments
  ◗ Describing procedures of work
  ◗ Critiquing humor styles of writing
 14 A Changing World
  ◗ Talking about geographical knowledge of Asia, Europe, life in a mountain village in
  Lebanon, and Canada
  ◗ Traditional values in a Lebanese village life
  ◗ Changes in the rural life in a Lebanese mountain village, such as socialization, concepts of time, distance, relationship, and some of economical activities
 15 William Shakespeare:His Life and Works
  ◗ Talking about life and the selected works of Shakespeare
  ◗ Discussing concepts of theatrical art
  ◗ Learning about Shakespeare’s story