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Interstellar No 44 See Inside Quote of the Week 2. Personal Essays 6. Star Related “If you don't understand your- 3. Opinion 7. Literary self you don't understand any- 4-5. News 8. Interview body else." - Nikki Giovanni Saturday, July 16, 2016 Vol. 1, No. 44 Star Educational Society Weekly Interstellar (adjective): situated or occurring between the stars; conducted, or existing between two or more stars American English File, Star Educational Society’s new textbook system Reprinted from No 34. A message from Ali Reza Yasa, Chairman and Founder Beginner 2, American English File Level 2 will be used in Level 1 and Level 2, Ameri- can English File Level 3 will be used in The textbooks contain grammar, vocabulary, and Level 3 and Level 4, American English File Level 4 will be used in Level 5 and Level 6, pronunciation practice in every lesson and allow and, finally, American English File Level 5 students to develop a solid foundation for suc- will be used in Pre-Advanced Level 1 and cessful speaking. This system is best designed to Pre-Advanced Level 2. Each book contains a total of seven meet the needs and demands of the young Afghan units and 160 pages divided into two generation. parts. Three to four units will be covered in each 40-day semester. An absolute be- ginner can complete the courses in Eng- lish language including introductory, el- ementary, intermediate and advanced in tar’s quality control team enden: language + motivation = oppor- higher level of language awareness to be a total of sixteen 40-day semesters. It will conducted an in-depth com- tunity. The textbooks contain grammar, able to apply in their classes. The Second take an absolute beginner less than two parative analysis held in three vocabulary, and pronunciation practice Edition is even more student and teach- years to complete the Diploma of Eng- long sessions to determine in every lesson and allow students to de- er-friendly, with an updated design and lish Language and graduate from Star. which textbooks are best for velop a solid foundation for successful 75% new content for improved visual ap- Our graduates will be capable of taking Sour students. The decision was made to speaking. This system is best designed peal and topics that will engage and mo- TOEFL preparation courses and will be abandon the New Interchange system to meet the needs and demands of the tivate students. With this new system the ready to attend universities with English that we have been using since 2008 and young Afghan generation. semesters will be shorter, the tuition fee as the medium of instruction. Another replace it with Oxford University Press’ American English File is a series of six will be reduced and a student-centered advantage of this system is that language American English File. During these past books – Starter, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, approach of language instruction will be learners benefit from numerous work- eight years, despite the effectiveness and Level 4 and Level 5. The books were first most instrumental. books which are supported by audio and efficiency of the New Interchange system, used in Kabul by the American Univer- American English File 2nd edition video CDs aimed at promoting students’ we discovered the need to adopt a more sity of Afghanistan. Previously the books will be applied from our elementary command of the topics they study in up-to-date, timely and interactive sys- were not readily available in Kabul book classes through Pre-Advanced Level 2. classes. The new system will be adopted tem. American English File Second Edi- markets but now local bookstores have American English File Starter will be used in B-E semester of Star starting from the tion follows the popular methodology them available on their shelves. This new for Junior Beginner 1 and Junior Begin- new classes in A Branch. Books are avail- developed by world-renowned authors system requires professional instructors ner 2, American English File Level 1 will able both at Star offices and bookstores Christina Latham-Koenig and Clive Ox- who are not only trained but possess a be used in Senior Beginner 1 and Senior around the city. Eid, Happy moments or Researcher: Why JUnited Nations report: Nikki Giovanni nightmares? Hazaras Protest Iran’s missile program not Civil Rights Activist, Poet, Television At the NATO summit in Warsaw, there compatible with the nuclear Personality (1943–) Eid days and New Year are supposed to was a victory for Hazara activism. My Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7, be fun moments. I become happy when I friend Basir Ahang, agreement 1943. She published her first book of see smiles on the lips of every one, young, along with two other soul poems, Black Feeling, Black Talk in child, and old men who enthusiastically journalists, went to The Reuters 1968. Giovanni is a prominent poet await Eid and New Year to hang out with the press conference News Agency and writer who first caught the public’s their close friends, go on picnic, swim which was to be has reported that attention as part of the Black Arts in pool and fly kite in the free beautiful given by Ashraf Ban Ki-Moon the movement of the late 1960s. In 1967, sky.... Page 2 Ghani... Page 3 Secretary-...Page 5 she returned to... Page 7 Vol.1, No. 44 Personal EssaysFrom creative writing course by Ali Reza Yasa Eid, Happy moments or nightmares? Eid days and New Year are supposed to be Eid and New year turn out be our disastrous fun moments. I become happy when I see smiles nightmares as it compounds our irrelevant re- on the lips of every one, young, child, and old sponsibilities before Eid we have to wash the men who enthusiastically await Eid and New carpets, clean the windows and change the Year to hang out with their close friends, go on house decoration while boys, so-called princes picnic, swim in pool and fly kite in the free beau- of families, have to enjoy their moments and tiful sky. prepare themselves new clothes which girls do Boys and men already prepare fashionable like more. It is not fair one in pain and another new clothes before Eid so that in greeting with in joy. friends or relative, they should look gorgeous Eid would mean more and we can add more and impress others with their looks. to its concept if we start to bring pleasure and I enjoy and feel happy because I see my happiness in our family first, look after our fam- The positive environmental brothers and my father smile and are standing ily members and greet our family members if by my side and we still enjoy the warm atmo- they are internally pleased with our behavior impact of trees sphere of the family. However, there is still a instead of extending our relations with other void in my heart that I have not been able to fill. people and use Eid to strengthen our friendship. ses, allows countries that have That is the sense of inferiority. First, satisfy people in the same house living signed the treaty to meet their What I sense from the absence of girls and with you, hanging up with and looking for you carbon emission targets by cut- women on the street and their illogical pretext for their whole life time; that should be your first ting emissions or by planting they present me as to why they have failed to pay priority. forests. me a visit in person at our home. Trees keep us cooler, which On the other hand, I sound silly too in coun- means that less energy is used, ter when I am asked for not seeing them in per- fewer emissions are created, son or not planning to go on picnic or go amuse- and pollutant levels are reduced. ment park or fail to plan to go sightseeing at Eid. Shaded areas are naturally cool- We all intuitively understand each other’s er, and trees also keep us cool untold story buried deep in our hearts. Untold through a process called tran- words, stories and hopes which are brighter spiration that releases moisture than day but are neglected by you who unin- into the air. In the transpiration tentionally or who deliberately ignore our rights process, water is absorbed by and our existence. tree roots and moves through Why should we, girls, endure the house drudgery during Eid or even other times while About the author: Assadullah its trunk, branches, and leaves, boys are steeped in their enjoyment and we have Alizada is a Star teacher and where it evaporates into the at- to clean their mess? alumna. He plans to study stoma- mosphere. That is why I have mixed feelings about ar- tology and become a dentist. Urban areas experience a phenomenon that scientists call rival Eid. I obtain joy and pleasure as I see my Scientists have learned a lot the urban heat island. The tem- family members and my country men are enjoy- about how trees improve air and peratures of urban areas are 2-10 ing themselves and after long period of civil war water quality. Here’s a look at degrees warmer than surround- in which people endured too much pain, sorrow how trees help us have a healthi- ing areas. This is due to the prev- and humiliation. On the other hand, I loathe er environment. alence of concrete, asphalt and Eid or New Year arrival for it obstructs people About the Author: Fatima Mirzadah is a B Branch Trees have a tremendous tall buildings, and the absence of of my gender, girls, to be deprived and confined instructor and she is majoring in midwifery in effect on air quality.
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