Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Thinking up a quick reply for a question posed to her in Spanish, Gay Merriam turns to answer, Steve Zimmer contemplates what he has just read in his fourth year Spanish book, while Kay McNeil reads on. l Q penish studies view culture, language The civilization of Spain and Latin America provides a colorful bacl- drop to the study of Spanish at Seaholm. The ALM audio-lingual methoy is used. l At first the main emphasis is placed on oral work. Dialogs, featurin various aspects of daily life in the Spanish-speaking countries, are relie upon to give students a working vocabulary and basic grammar. After tlf more complex verb forms are mastered reading is emphasized more. Th fourth and fifth year classes, which are conducted entirely in Spanish, cor cern themselves almost exclusively with readings from Spanish literature an short factual essays. Fifth year is actually two independent courses, on dealing with the Spanish literary heritage, the other with Spanish civilizatior Members of Mr. Stiles' Spanish II class listen to a language dialogue. The beautiful bulleti board in the back of the room was done as an extra credit project by students. .- ' K jiIQQlQ,QLs,QW,-t,,....,........-e.1..sW,M T A :mf me :vw vmnz Wm f4fsrsAMr1uxr:A cr ras? - ,scc , v oip? gr . I V i i 4 .S .r S c.,r.c ,,,i,,c,, is r ,,..c t ,issslxfi.1sz1fQ5fs2f:2il5:.:' ' - 1 rf, ffsK1s1s,essts.-er- - K W M ,,,,, ,merswsessef-A X me-es..s,,.u,.i...m W - 1 - -?f:?itSiieQfs'sZ2:.swm-S SS H, , .

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seated in their booths, left to right, Louis Miller, Steve Mackie, Kirk Kupiec, lan Muir, Don Wilson, Amy Mullen and John 'nne Sheldon, Mary Collins, Robert Moody, Cindy Wacker, Oliver prepare for a session in the language lab. Brian Duffy Nancy Dunsford Fred Dye Carol Eberhart Anthony Eckman Carol Eibach ,Q M ' 1. .2 Q .-W K : V

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Mr. Stiles takes time out from class to give Joyce O'Connor an oral make-up fest ou? in fhe hall. James Ellerby I In second year Spanish Robert Ross uses the ALM book fo look up verb tenses, read stories, and widen his vocabulary. -hir l Pam E I I ioft I ' -Lf sf I' If David E I I is Eric Erickson Lee Evans Rebecca Evans