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tudents liste n to Frau Stewa rt as she tells them a
.ory in Ge rman. Comprehending fluent speech was
necessa ry part of succeeding in a language cla ss.
hoto by }if/ian O urada

)phomore David Freeman describes as pects of a
icture in Spanish as part of an oral exa m. Oral ex-
'!1S teste d students' kn owledge of ve rba l appli cation.
hoto by Chelsea Weaver

Learning other languages allowed students to develop a broader world view.
"La langue, c'est une necess ite de vie." most students thought that th eir lan guage
Th at simple French phrase, mea ning "ian- was above all others, creating the age-o ld
ga uge is a necess ity of li fe, " was a state - language debate.
ment that held true for students during the "Langu ages are fun to lea rn , but the best
yea r. language to lea rn is Latin. After all, as a
"Languages are needed to help broaden fellow Latin student put, 'Th e onl y good
our understa nding of the world outside language , is a dead language,"' so phomore
our borders. It helps us to be more cultur- Ram Maudhoo sa id.
ally acceptin g, and that will help us in the Language classes were popular among
future when we enter the workforce," students who had an interest in trave ling.
freshman Aanya Sagheer sa id. Taking language classes was a good way
Many agreed that acceptance and un- to prepare for foreign experi ences and
derstanding were important, but a far more become fa miliar with the culture.
common trend was to take a langu age in "I'm go in g to Mex ico soo n, and it's go ing
preparation for coll ege. to be cool to talk to people in their lan-
"I've taken basically eve ry language. guage," so phomore Rebecca Ramm sa id .
Some of it was for IB , but mostly I just did E ve n though each student took a lan-
it because being trilingual looks good to guage cl ass for a different reaso n, they all
coll eges," se ni or Claire Schlessinger sa id. ca me out of the ex perience with similar
Despite their reasons for taking the class, understandings.

An Honors Spanish IV
cl ass wa tches a vid eo
Sophomore Breann a Nigg displays th e ca ligraph y and takes notes on th e
~created fo r her Japanese cl ass. Th e class studi ed gramm ar discussed
di tional wri ting styles thro ughout the yea r. B. in th e presentation.
!shma n Emily Langden plays a matchin g ga me in Many Spanish stud ents
r Latin class. Th e class emphasized En glish-Latin agreed that a visual
-nparisons to help students und erstand its modern representation was th e
;>lication. photos by ]if/ian O ura da best way to understa nd
the language. photo by
Raynee Buckley

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