Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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was Languages offer variety New languages and teachers have expanded Tokay's Foreign Language Department. Japanese and Italian were also added to the curriculum. We decided we needed to offer alter- natives to the original Spanish, German and French languag- es, said Tony Young, Foreign Language Department chairper- son. According to Mr. Young, the original languages were selected because they were the most common and traditional. Spanish because of the large Spanish speaking population, German for the sciences, and French was the language of a cultured educa- tion. With Japanese being so im- portant to the world trade and us being an industrial nation, it's very important, said Mr. Young. There are many orien- tal communities in Stockton and Lodi. That's one of the main reasons we chose those languag- es. lt lltalianl was a fairly testing class, said Dennis Czech, a senior Italian student from Eng- land, Hbut anyone with minimal language skills who was willing to work should do well. Japanese was more difficult for Americans because of the written characters, according to Mr. Young. Despite of all the myths, no language was easier .M Ng. I, . art... N.. . ...1- I cll: Q I. Displaying a picture of John Wayne, his favorite actor, is Kyle Rohde, Spanish teacher. 2. Lance Matsumoto and Bella Yagi perform a game show for their Japanese ' I class. 3. Sitting in his Spanish III class, John Lopez ts tempted to eat an apple. 4. Correcting papers for his Italian class ls Tony Young as than another. I was surprised to learn so quickly, said Caryle Young, junior Japanese student, con- sidering l had no knowledge of Japanese language, writing, or culture. ln addition to the new lan- guages, there were three new teachers added to the department faculty. Wendy Baskette, Spa- nishg Dacia Miller, French, and Martha McDonald, Japanese. We seemed to have a lot of support from the parents, said Mr. Young. We will continue trying to build upon current languages and bring in new ones as the interest arises. by Sheryl Tankersley .i,,, 53 ' , x S fl aff r'rwr 5 he dresses In 1960's attire for Groovy Day. 5. John Park partici- pates ln an airplane skit during a Spanish Ill class. Foreign Languages 1 15