Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Left: Mrs. Aimee Simpson reinforces the importance ot homework by checking in Lucretia Brown's Spanish workbook. Below: Rich Whittington opted to take German IV through independent study to get more specialized help from Mrs. Barbara Hodson. Bottom: Errors are more easily found when Lloyd Brooks writes his French homework on the board. ii sse f W rs 3 st.. ...ii T if 1 'N---...S Travel to new land continued popularity uten Tag. ! Hola ! Bon Jour. How many ways can one say hello? This was only the first thing learned when a foreign language class was taken. With one of the languages offered - German, Spanish, or French, a student could spend 50 minutes in another country. A new year brought some changes to the department that helped to expand the stu- dents' knowledge of a foreign language. A new book, which stressed dialogue and vocabu- lary more, was given to first year students. Teachers used the language lab more frequently to train students to listen and under- stand details of everyday con- versation. The fact that I can communicate with non-Eng- lish speaking people makes a foreign language special to me. l would expect to gain a bilingual tongue which may be helpful to my future career, said senior Monica Sadler. Spanish lll corresponded with high school students in Spain. This was just another wa y the department worked to bring the students closer to understanding a foreign lan- guage. One thing that didn't change was the interest in for- eign language classes. Since highly selective universities stress taking a foreign lan- guage, many students have opted to take it, said Miss Karen Vogel, department chairman. What's so hard about learn- ing English? lt's not that sim- ple when it is not one's native language. ln the English as a Second Language program most of the students started out speaking very little Eng- lish, but through the determi- nation and guidance of Miss Charlene Hairston, some came out speaking as well as a native. No matter what foreign lan- guage was taken, a student also learned how to say good- bye. Auf Wiedersehen. Adios. Au Revoir! Foreign Language Department 55

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Right: Bob Garcia and Tim Panozzo further their knowledge of Spanish culture by doing regional cooking. Below: Students in Spanish I concen- trate as they try to translate their vo- cabulary efficiently. Below Right: Practicing pronunci- ation is an important part of Spanish as Miss Charlene Hairston leads her class. 54 Foreign Language Department Z ffm 'M' , W ' it if X , nm ggtons V' -X-J-wap' f if if . g- ogqggw f g N? YA 1. is x A F . l

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lg lggl Above: Trang Nguyen, Rich Whittington, and Kevin Smits concentrate on taking notes in Calculus class. Right: Jennifer Whittle and Pam Bowens practice problems in their Algebra I class. 56 Math Department 9 etit ggig E1,.lr fi gg ,yu