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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1978 Page 5 GOBBLE GOBBLE 25c WILD TURKEY DRINKS 7:30-9:30 50c WILD TURKEY DRINKS 9:30-12:00 ALL NIGHT NEXT TO SKAGGS Using songs, games and commands. South Knoll Elementary School teacher Rebecca Pina has begun teaching her first through fifth grade classes Spanish. The students learn how to speak, write and form short sentences as they learn the language. Battalion photo by Penny Sue Menefee MONDAY, JAN. 30 2.00 COVER onsol elementary eaches Spanish ndertl B y BETH CALHOUN (j | )v lebecca Pina calls the roll. One by jmblyM the children answer “Aqui ' or ~cr: Jeserite." It’s the beginning of vivetli jtlier class at South Knoll Elemen- j^tlu School in College Station. ut this class differs slightly from w ^ I astial reading, writing and carn . Iimetic. These first graders are t abo ; P'ing Spanish. ( omo estan ustedesr Pina asks. m , ( i “Muy bien, gracias,” the class ng th J ies ' days *‘ leavera S e first grader can: count )V twoiP anish name e 'ght basic i9daviB rs ’ sa ^ S oot l n 'ght to mom and kvlabsB’ an( ^ 8 00< ^ morn ing or afternoon, i late ■ avera 8 e fifth grader can w-rite I i^i, P't sentences. spec tfina teaches first through fifth ssion iers, about 700 of South Knoll’s plana dents. The largest classes are the space! ond and fourth grades. he classes consist of songs, an earl nes, commands and repeating earliei 'ds or phrases after Pina. )old “ 'hi test f9. dab i n't wl ■ use a possi !I be t« it. In slowed: :ean ger to e program began three years after parents were surveyed, e item the parents said they inted was the introduction of some [eign language at the elementary iool level. Pina, a Texas A&M graduate, has ght at South Knoll since the pro- m began. 1 believe it doesn't hurt to take two languages simultaneously,” she said. “The only time Spanish inter feres is when students haven’t grasped the concepts of one language yet.” Pina uses four communications skills to teach: understanding, speak ing, reading and writing. “At first I start with sounds, never letting them see the written words, said Pina. ‘ Once they associate words with pictures or specific mean ings, then they see the written words. Most first and second grade classes are just fun. “It’s especially hard with the youngef children because they have such a short attention span,” she said. ‘“That’s why I’m constantly going on to something different.” Third and fourth graders learn more words. They also begin writ ing. Fifth graders learn even more nouns, verbs, adjectives and get into grammer. And they re required to write five original short sentences about themselves. “This way, they have to recall all that they’ve learned, said Pina. “It’s at this level that they begin to think in Spanish.” Pina said her classes are taught Spanish as a second language only. The children aren’t expected to speak it fluently. Pina said she likes working at South Knoll because the parents are interested in their children and, con sequently, in the school. “With such a bad stigma on Spanish-speaking people, I was afraid of negative feedback, she said. “But it’s fun for the children, so the parents don’t mind. '/upfnamka Eddie Dominguez ’66 8® »l!MI THE BATT DOES IT DAILY Monday through Friday If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned ... 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