Immaculata High School - Guerin Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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New Language Department Flourishes A small group of students de- light in puzzling fellow class- mates by gibbering a seemingly unfathomable language-Rus sian. During the Russian de- partment's relatively short exist- ence, Mrs. Kalikan has managed to make the incomprehensible jumble of consonants a language meaningful to her students. Russian grammar, literature, and culture are all included in the two years offered. To im- prove their fluency, the girls go to the language lah once a week. 'LEEAPK -Q Margie Clough, Marianna Law, and Karen Cyrus listen attentively to Valerie Elkins' reading. Mary joe Grimm, Judy Miller, Margie Oehmann, and Mary Ellen Scalessa adjust their earphones and don their Spanish accents, ready to repeat the sounds they hear on the tape. Luxuriating in the warmth of the sheepskm lined jacket Kathy Sheldon shows Mary YVooldr1dge the thick Russian fur.

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Vita! Vite! commands Madame Bernier as she demands a quick answer from Peggy Kenney, Barbara Brooks, Sharron McKibbin, jane O'Brien, Ellen Forbes, Celeste Renaud, and Candace Thurston. Second-year students Carmela Puglisi and Janis Pohanka inves- tigate the adventures of the Curies. 31 New Methods Used With Old Language Allons enfants de la patrie . . . The refrains of the Ma1'seillaz'se are shouted to the rafters as IHS linguists assume French ac- cents imitating Mesdames Bern- ier or Young or ma Soeur Ann Louise. A new system of records and tapes, A-LM QAudio-Lin- gual Materialsj, allows students to hear and repeat French phrases before they are actually seen in print. With this method, introduced for the first time this year, college candidates will have no trouble fulfilling language proficiency requirements.

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Linguists Stud ueftrof Vecinof In the face of the increasing importance of Latin America in our lives, many IHS girls are now taking Spanish. In response to this increased interest, the administration has taken steps to augment the Spanish depart- ment. The two Spanish teachers have introduced A-LM, Audio- Lingual Materials, a modern method of teaching foreign lan- guages. Three advanced stu- dents take a year of Spanish under Mrs. Bernier at the Jun- ior College. W.. IQ-L .aa 'km - 'F-'tn1.:: f1YE . 'flliliiffwt vm-I ' - . ls. Z' .ffiiliip 'X Q f t ,gV,...,., M Q I Q :,. ca- ' 1: if Q Ki? 4 Q, G ll g, K. G Vivian Chapin and Marie Timm, realizing the importance of repetition, lead first-year classmates in recitation of their daily dialogues, which are a feature of the new AVLM method. 'tx f W ff n .icc .