McClintock High School - Historian Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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Experts Show Fluency in Teaehin Priscilla Chavez Cecilia Esquer Nancy Lewis Armando Ramirez Wolfgang Schufte Lydia Vlachos A LA DERECHA, illustrates Lydia Vlachos as she explains the correct placement of Spanish articles to her fifth-hour class. 24-foreign language OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY for students to learn not only the languages of other countries, but also to appreciate other cultures served as the main obiective of the Language Department. The acquisition of new textbooks, the frequent use of the lab, and the viewing of a variety of films and records updated the department and enabled it to handle the 700 students involved in languages. Priscilla Chavez and Armando Ramirez, both graduates of ASU, increased the staff to six. The department, headed by Lydia Vlachos, concentrated on four languages: German, Spanish, French, and Latin.

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Individual Comprehension Program Everett Martin Mqfy Nickell Margretta Smylie Maxine Weiland Beebe Winterberg Doug Nurnburg Lilly 5l1UlfS EVelYf' Smith l IN PREPARATION FOR Thoreau's Walden, Junior Carol Inman consults her textbook. EDDIE VALLE, Carolin Cranson and Buddy Mishler from Miss McCullen's fifth-hour class unravel a short-story collage. English-23

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Foreign Grammar BARBARA ARDOIN and Petrea Franco mimic classmates while reciting a French dialogue. Nancy Lewis, instructor of French 3 8g 4 stresses pro- . t. d H. LANGUAGE LABORATORIES add audio and oral experience for Arman- nunclc 'on' Usage' an spe mg' do Ramirez's Spanish students. Dialogues challenge the class's memoriza- ri ef tion and pronunciation. STUDENTS IN SPANISH 1 and 2 tackle exercises found in their textbooks. Grammar and vocabulary comprize a maior part of the requirements of first- year Spanish. foreign language-25