Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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 v « a t- v » p ’ .►►«A» »« t ► Senior Carrie Osborne pays close at- tention to an interesting lecture in fifth hour French. Mrs. Sue Kaesler checks to make sure junior Krissy Spears completed her French homework assignment.

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Talking Abroad Language Modifies Its Focus Walking down the hall, differ- ent languages sounded from all di- rections. No, this was not a U.N. meeting, but the foreign language department. After stepping clos- er, it was obvious that these voices were not foreigners, but students practicing accents in the four lan- guages offered — Spanish, Ger- man, French and Latin. Trying a new angle, language classes changed from basic gram- mar and spelling to a focus on oral use of the language. New text- books and visual aids contributed to this new angle. Since many universities now re- quire two years of a foreign lan- guage for entrance, enrollment was high in all classes. The larger classes actually increased student interest and participation. Senior Chris White explained, “To learn another language is to learn an- other world.“ Design by Ashley Arnold. Photos by Jerry Moore. Mr. Rey Kartchner, department head, German students, Christy Monroe and goes over a test with senior Mike Sicz Meredith Hoefle have fun creating a after Spanish class. dialogue to perform in class.

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His attention wandering, Steve Wilbur puts deeper thought into the new as- pects presented in the lecture. Carefully picking his words out of the air, Mr. McClellan emphasizes the day's lecture topic to students.