Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Dante Ciolfi gets at the roots of the Romance Languages. Humanities Education Spiced With Foreign Flavor Drills, outside reading, language labs and translations were only a few of the methods employed by Foreign Language instructors to introduce students to a second language. Dialogues and tape recordings were utilized by the first year students, while scholars on the second and third levels were exposed to short novels, sentence structure and the fine art of conjugating. The more advanced lang¬ uage classes refined their linguistic skills with the use of outside reading and classroom con¬ versations. Regardless of the level, all of the language students were exposed to the culture of their chosen country. Teachers, realizing the impor¬ tance of creating the atmosphere and feel of the regions, utilized travel posters, native music and art, color slides and even native dishes to familiarize students with the culture of their chosen language group. The result of their labors was a student who could not only read, write and speak a second tongue, but who could also understand and relate to yet another part of humanity. 17

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A unique historical mural in Madame Sulpice ' s room sets the mood for the study of French culture. Language skills of students are advanced by contact with foreign visitors. Two servings of foreign culture . . . 16

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While lab partner Richard Jacobson double-checks the experimental procedure, beginning biologist John Rukenbrod prepares bacteria cultures. 18