Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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the goal was tutoring in english as a second language but the reality was a course in american customs student This year there was a great increase in foreign, nonEnglish speaking students in the Malden School System. With the flourishing of the foreign students, there were not enough teachers who spoke another language well enough to teach these students. Most of these students came from countries such as China, Arab nations, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Italy, and many South American Countries. tutoring The ages and abilities of these students ranged greatly also. As a result of this increase, Ms. Star, Ms. Ohern and Ms. Russo set up a program which began in the beginning of October to help these students with their English skills. Seniors with a seventh period study who had Ms. Starr for Psychology received credit for their help, as well as the satisfaction of helping them. The high school students student not only helped these students with English skills, but they also, in an indirect way, showed these students American ways. When the high school students arrived at Holmes school, the foreign students were waiting for them with a prepared folder, organized by Ms. O ' Hearn, and the overall attitude was an excited one. All students involved seemed to look forward to their Wednesday meeting. Angela Palatella shows two of her students the correct answers. Kathy Dennis tries to help Sandra Valdez with her sentence structure. 1 tutoring 29

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Lee Bo Kong can now speak in full English sentences with the aid of Dennis Mauriello and Scott Green. The newest foreign student, Jaqueline, is learning the alphabet with Melanie Lilly. 28 tutoring A

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the electronics revolution finds its way into a variety of disciplines and the most traditional settings electronics in class The new approach to educating the student is through computers. In this approach, the computer is used not to take the place of the teacher, but to enforce what the student has been learning in class. The teachers do not have the time to spend with each student individually. Computers have been used in colleges and some high schools for quite some time. Dr. James McCann, Chairman of the language Department, uses them often. He feels that the students can enforce whatever he is learning and become more interested in the subject. Computers help every student, whether the student is a slow learner or an academic achiever. The discs that were used included many different exercises in re-enforcement language. Choosing food from a menu, carrying on a conversation, identifying objects in a house, and learning about other countries are just some of the things available. Eventually, computers will be used in most classes. Computers are even being exposed to elementary students. Maybe this approach will prevent students from losing interest in learning at a young age and even detect learning dissabilities. 30 electronics in classroom