World Languages wishes everyone a happy holiday!

Have a wonderful, safe, restful and happy holiday season!

Santons de Noel in French Class

Madame Leidhoff's students of first-year French learned about the celebration of displaying des Santons de Noel. Les Santons were made famous by Louis Lagnel in the late 1700s in Provence.  He sculpted them out of clay and with the use of molds, they became available to everyone.  They are usually representations of guilds: blacksmith, vine makers, cheese makers, seamstress etc. Thanks to donations from families of craft items, we were able to create our own. Many of our creations were more modern jobs… firefighters, police officers, actors, hula dancers and Disney workers etc..

Students of second-year French performed musical pieces and gave cultural presentations of the music.  Others chose to cook French and African dishes and gave cultural presentations in French as well.

¡Cantando con Alegría!

Dr. Jacobson's classes brought holiday cheer to many classrooms as they visited and sang holiday songs in Spanish.
 

¡Feliz Navaid y Prospero Año Nuevo!

Students in Señor Lawhead's Period 6 class celebrate the end of school for 2013 with a holiday celebration that included holiday songs in Spanish, food and good fellowship.

Talented Student Performs for French Class

Laura Q. plays a French Étude from the Renaissance for Madame Leidhoff's French class in the last week before Winter Break.  Note:  Laura is an accomplished player who is also working on a Spanish work for two guitars with Señor Lawhead.
 

French Students Go "Shopping"

Madame Leidhoff's students of second year French went “shopping” in “stores” created by students. There was an “epicerie” , “boulangerie” ‘charcuterie” etc… Student were assessed on courtesies and language in shopping in these food stores.

 

Students of advanced French studied “La Revolution Tranquille” of Quebec and discussed the cultural icons of this movement. Discussed as well was the speech Charles DeGaulle gave to the Quebecois people.  Critiques were very insightful.

It's World Languages Territory!

It's World Languages Territory when students climb the stairs to the second-level of the 200 building!  Our new bulletin board declares it so and celebrates the languages, students and instructors who call it their academic home.

Students view picture-stories and narrate them!

Students in Señor Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 class tell a story as depicted in a picture-story drawing of their own invention  Students later swapped drawings and told their partner's story to show their oral communication skills.

ASL Creating Stories!

Mrs. Redelings' ASL 3-4 class are putting together simple stories, using Unit 19 (Recreational Activities) vocabulary, verb inflection, adverbial facial grammar, and plurals. They also watched and discussed the documentary, See What I'm Saying, a film that follow the journeys of four Deaf entertainers. Students enjoyed the film and took a deeper look into the lives of Deaf people.

Akemashite Omedetou!

'Tis the season for creating Nengajo, or Japanese New Year's cards! All of Mr. Blackwelder's classes are creating their own nengajo surrounding this year's theme, Year of the Horse or uma-doshi. The best cards throughout the Japanese program will be selected in the three categories of artistic, humorous, and original, and will be sent on the the National Nengajo Contest. Two years ago, a Scripps student won! Best of luck to the Japanese students and Happy New Year's to all!