World Languages

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Home Page English Electives Fine Arts Math Physical Education Science Social Studies World Languages	World Languages Currently there are six teachers in the World Languages Department. The department chairman is Mr. Wade. The remaining teachers are Miss Cherio, Miss Dever, Mrs. Dickensheets, Miss Gray and Mr. Wich. Miss Dever is the sole Latin teacher. The main objective of the World Languages Department is to teach students to communicate in the target language. However, culture is also a main component of the curriculum. Students are asked to think about the importance of embracing diversity. Studies have shown that there is a direct relationship to the number of years of foreign language study and the verbal score on the SAT. Students who study a foreign language are advantaged on standardized tests that measure vocabulary and grammar comprehension. The study of foreign languages enhances the study of English. THE WHOLE WORLD AS 100 PEOPLE If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village with precisely 100 people, with all the existing human nations remaining the same, it would look like this: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere (north and south) 8 Africans 52 females 48 males 70 would be non-white 30 white 70 would be non-Christian 30 would be Christian 59% of the world’s wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the US 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth Only 1 would have a college education and only 1 would have a computer. When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.

General Description of Academic Areas

Academic Areas

General Descriptions

World Languages

Currently there are six teachers in the World Languages Department.

The department chairman is Mr. Wade.

The remaining teachers are Miss Cherio, Miss Dever, Mrs. Dickensheets, Miss Gray and Mr. Wich. Miss Dever is the sole Latin teacher.

The main objective of the World Languages Department is to teach students to communicate in the target language. However, culture is also a main component of the curriculum. Students are asked to think about the importance of embracing diversity. Studies have shown that there is a direct relationship to the number of years of foreign language study and the verbal score on the SAT. Students who study a foreign language are advantaged on standardized tests that measure vocabulary and grammar comprehension. The study of foreign languages enhances the study of English.

THE WHOLE WORLD AS 100 PEOPLE

If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village with precisely 100 people, with all the existing human nations remaining the same, it would look like this:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere (north and south)
8 Africans
52 females
48 males

70 would be non-white
30 white

70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian

59% of the world’s wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the US
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth

Only 1 would have a college education and only 1 would have a computer. When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.