World Languages

What do Anchorage School District World Languages Program students say about learning another language?

Check out the following articles that were published in the Perfect World section of the Anchorage Daily News:

• Spain a world apart from Spanish class
  by Sam Holley-Kline - June 27, 2008

• Textbooks vs. life
  by Colby Bleicher - November 9, 2007

Read what ASD graduates have to say about their experiences

• Greta Anderson is a graduate of the Japanese Immersion Program
• Britt Derksen is a Chugiak High School graduate of the Spanish immersion program
• Jamie Cornejo is a Government Hill program graduate now studying at Stanford University
• Ariel Hyams is a 2009 West High School graduate of the Spanish Immersian Program
• Janae Purcella is a 2006 South High School graduate and recent graduate of Brigham Young University

What are these students saying about learning in a second language?

Turnagain Elementary School

Russian immersion teacher, Bonnie Schram, interviewed her third graders during Spring 2007

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Bartlett High School students talk about why they chose to take Chinese

Here's how students in the Spring 2009 Chinese class at Bartlett responded to the question "Why did you choose to take Chinese?"

Dimond High School students talk about why they're learning another language

Here's how students in the Sophie Littee's Spring 2009 Spanish I class at Dimond responded to the question "Why are you learning another language?"