Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Bringing Lorcna Foard enjoys teaching her second year Spanish classes. Photo by R. I Cultures Home The Foreign Language Department brought students closer to the culturally diverse world. The students were able to discover the true concept behind taking this type of class as well as fulfill college requirements. Classes have proven not only to be good for practice in speaking a desired language but also to study the cultures that go along with it. The French classes were able to see Candide by Voltaire performed at Jones Hall. The students also performed many of their own skits. They will also be competing in the National French Contest with an entry for all levels. Spanish classes attended Man of La Mancha at the Music Hall and Ballet Fulflorico at Jones Hall. The majorobjective in any foreign language class is to increase the student's ability to communicate in a given language, said teacher Carolyn Mendel. German classes wrote and performed many skits throughout the year. Such skits included Charlie Brown, Star Wars, and Airplane III. The students also developed skills in communication by reading major works. Latin students learned their language by performing skits and speaking the language. All the foreign language clubs gathered together for their banquet in May. While Linda Allen gives a Spanish lecture. Junior Terry Cummings and Senior Frank Papapanagiotou listen intently. Photo by S. Lackey 112 Learning Foreign Language

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1 Director Joe Williams helps his award winning students achieve the racy and precision needed to perform on a football field or in a concert Photo by R. I.aw Journalism Teacher Karen Ritter produced and directed local television programs before teaching to a live student audience in the classroom. Carolyn Boone, drama teacher, tells her students to rehearse that line one more ,imc- Photo by S . Lackey Academic Electives Learning 111

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f During Trench class. Beryl Hogshead laughs at a student's remark. Photo by R. Law Susanna Ehrmann explains the daily German lesson. She teaches several different classes and sponsors the German Club too. Photo by S. Lackey Janet Whitlock goes over a French vocabulary assignment. Photo by K. Groves Foreign Language I.earning 113