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foreign flicks ... My impressions are complex and varied. I will never explain with all the clarity neccessary the things that I have experienced here, but they are unforgettable expeHAnces to me. My trip began in Cali, and the first part finished in Miami. Then I took the plane to Oklahoma where Mr. and Mrs. Munguia and Marisa were waiting for me. My first school's day was so exhausting and interesting. I knew the school, the teachers, and I began to try to understand something of this language which I love. On this day the classes were so slow, and I didn't un- derstand too much—only a few words. That afternoon I came home with an awful headache. In this way I began to learn, and now I can say and answer more than the first day. The time in the Munguias home has been so nice. During the first months, we went to a lot of places. Now the weather isn't good to make this kind of trip; only in the warm days do we leave. The Munguias are a beautiful and nice family, and they took me like their own daughter. I'm glad to be with them. SCHS hosted three exchange students this year--Marisa Rousset, a niece of Mr. Munguia, Mary liiz Pierotti, from Cali, Columbia, and Ivo Albuquerque, a native of Brazil. Both girls lived with the Munguia family dur- ing the year. Ivo, who was in Johnson for only a few months, stayed with Greg Fiss' family. Following are Marisa's and Mary's comments on their life at SCHS. It was my dream since I was twelve to come to the States to learn English. The first impression that I had was the difference from my country and being away from my family and friends. At first I felt very lonely and sad because I could not communicate how I felt, especially when the students tried to talk to me and help me when they saw that I felt like a stranger among them. In Cali, we have different things to do than here. The population is almost two million and every person needs to take care of itself, to resolve the many prob- lems. My people are nice and friendly but the prob- lem is to know each other like here. The size make it impossible to know every body and take care of others the way they do in a small town like Johnson. Here is very different. The people are friendly, too, and they worry about the others and when they need help the others help them, like brothers. It is so beautiful, this. My life here each day brings something new and ex- citing: new people, new words, new experiences. My English, I think, is not very perfect, and good, like the American people, but I'm so rich with all of these new things, which I leam each day, and I'm glad to be with all of you this year of my life. Thanks for all the things that I received from you. And Welcome to Columbia, the Gate of the Glory. 22 My first experience which I'll never forget was the first day of classes during second hour when I went to the P.E. room and found nobody there, I got scared. I waited five minutes after the bell rang but still no- body came. I started crying and I thought, What can I do? Immediately I left that room and I ran to Ms. Davis' room and she took me to the gym. Now when I remember that day I can't believe it. Because of all these new experiences that I have had I'll never regret having spent this time here. It is so interesting to leam other languages to open the way into your future and develop you personality. I can tell you, We must all strive to know other customs, friends, to leam what we don't know about our world. Now Pm happy because I can talk better than I did eight months ago. I'll never forget Johnson and all of you. I hope you never forget me. My country, Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Mexico) will be waiting for you. Go over there ! f
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Mr. Welch was responsible for Mary and Marisa's English instruction. Below are some of his observations about teaching English as a foreign language. Mary and Marisa have been active students all year. A part of their activity involved meeting with me third hour throughout the school year so that I could help them to learn to speak English. This encounter proved to be educational for me as well. Mary and Marisa spoke very little English upon their arrival at S.C.H. S. So we began our study with my checking out from the public library numerous books designed for the primary grades. Most of them con- sisted of words referring to everyday items accompanied by pictures representing the items. Words such as 'automobile,1 'toothbrush,' and 'elbow' became part of their knowledge of the English language. Because of the language barrier, Mary and Marisa ex- perienced great difficulty in comprehending the activ- ities of an average school day at SCHS. Our textbook during this period of time became the morning an- nouncements. The morning announcements introduced us to a variety of topics: class meetings, pep club, athletic contests, pep rallies, homecoming, assem- blies, school photographs, and the daily menu. Dis- cussing these topics helped Mary and Marisa to gain confidence in functioning in a foreign school environ- ment. This is not to say it was simple for me to communicate with them on these topics. I remember well spending an entire class period trying to explain to them what bierocks are. Two class periods were spent on long johns. So how would YOU explain long johns? From bierocks and long johns, we moved to comic books and catalogs. Archie and J.C. Penny presented the girls with the type of English that we Americans use in daily conversations—not necessarily 'grammar book English,' but conversational English.' We ordered items from the catalog and we learned to laugh in English over the comic books. One day during third hour, Mr. Steinert asked Mary and Marisa to accompany him to the superintendent's office in the afternoon. Although Mr. Steinert's in- tention was only to introduce them to Mr. Harper the girls apparently thought they were in trouble. I noticed the word 'sudar' coming up quite often in their conversation with each other during the remain- der of the class. When my curiosity finally won me over, I asked them what 'sudar' meant. I learned it is a Spanish verb meaning 'to sweat.1 By the time the second semester rolled around, Mary and Marisa were able to use 'grammar book English1 increasingly well. We conjugated verbs and declined nouns and the class began to resemble a traditional English classroom. Being students at SCHS has meant many things to Mary and Marisa. I hope among their memories are not only verb conjugations and noun declensions, but also long johns and J.C. Penny. Ivo, who was from Manaus, Brazil, experienced his first snow here. His reaction: Beautiful!
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