Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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F OREiGN Language Apprendre une langue etrangere, c ' est decouvrir en meme temps un pays, une histoire, une civilisation. ' ' To learn a foreign language is to discover, at the same time, a country, a history, a civilisation. With English as the native language, the Foreign Language Department, headed by Mrs. Jean Ol- stin, strives to expose students to a wide variety of foreign languages. The department not only pro- vides instruction in formal language communica- tion skills, but also places special emphasis on the cultures of the countries where the languages are spoken, in order to graduate, students must com- plete two years of French, Latin, German, or Span- ish. For students who enjoy and excell in a lan- guage, upper level courses are available in French and Spanish. The Foreign language curriculum permits students to expand their knowledge and usage of the languages of the world. 1. To properly learn a foreign language a student must concen- trate. 2. Kevin Brumlow has found that Spanish requires a great deal of verbal repetition. 3. Even a French essay requires careful researcltas Susan Kim has discovered. 4. Miss Richard- son gives detailed directions for a difficult Spanish test. 5. Mrs. Olstin allows only French to be spoken in class. 6. Mrs. Olstin ' s French class watches as she shows the difference between feminine and masculine gender of nouns. 7. Mrs. O ' Neill listens as a student conjugates a verb in Spanish. 66 FOREIGN LANGUAGE

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