Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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V ...Q gif - 1 f . .s. 2 S Q3 .,r. - Unknown cul- tures became m o r e a n d F more familiar as each foreign class period passed. These classes not only taught the students a new and exciting language but also a completely differ- ent culture and life style. Leaming the language was only part of the class: the other part was the study of the country and its cus- language Foreign Language Deparrrient 'Vi toms, commented Sharon Donahue, senior. To broad- en a sense of the world, the Forei n Language Depart ment offered the languages of German, French.- and Spanish. Al The appeal ,of leaming another countrys Cultures caused an increase in the number ofestuclentsr a foreign language. A total' Of 54:3 . stugients. .took ga lang guagjef course: iithereflfffweref l 52 cfennan, 128 Ifrench, and 565 Spanish students. 'gin Nfxvem er f'iEar- bara Hodson, German teacher. retired frem ceafih' ing, her replacement was Mrs. Eyelyn Leonhardt. lt tfilik time wvadapt tofthe difference in the two teach- ers:.however.5,aRe1:Qzhe time of transition, classtresumed HSM has? b2fOre, r,sHid.Ann Lindequniori S ,Many teachers played Qfimesffauchffas Monop iy, Probe. Scrabble, and the 520,000 Pyramid, the usagi of English islurlng the gamef jiwasfnot allowed. dents appreciate the la f guage notgonly as a form o ficomnaunicatioriibutlaiso a, a source of enjoyment.- fvswtefl Mies Iiarenfivosfi Foreign Language Depah ment.chaxm1ane,, , fi Whether' 8 Stildetitrfftotii German, french, or Spar ish, the class was bqiih edt cational and enjoyable.

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Nfloek trial - frosh requirement Process is use of imagination, logic, listening' l r Opposite page: Maurice Simmons and Maurice Dailey use facial ex- pressions to add to the dramatic duet acting performance in a the- atre arts class. Top: Tonya Cannon, camera man, instructs a performer to smile, while Jason Parker inspects the performance in Radio Sr TV studio in A Building. Above: Acting as the old man in a humorous interpretation of the The Learned Ladies in Speech II is Valerie Lewis. Left: By playing the tuba, Rob Lar- son completes the requirement for a demonstration speech in Speech l. ' Speech Department 55

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Student get broader sense of orld 'Learning . the study of country and customs' beefy? fiat V V Opposite Page: Missy Pisarsl-xi, Cindy Canales, and Lisa Oargas cook Arroz con Polio or Rice with Chicken in Spanish ll. Above: As part of Spanish i Jeff Garcia works with the headset in the language lab. Top: Charlotte Banks and Sandy i-Q K if 'Yfal -sr - r XQ5Syf:i ik. X 'mg Fransen, two of the live French lV students, do an in'class assign- ment. Left: Mrs. Evelyn Leonhardt, re- placement for Mrs. Barbara Hod- son, works on an individual basis with Chris Pawlowski, German ll student. Foreign Language Department 57