In Holly Vittetoe's Westwood class, it's the only language
Westwood students Kaimyn Scheib (left) and Emma Evans (right) use finger pointers to identify words on the whiteboard in Holly Vittetoe's classroom that are the correct response to a word or phrase Vittetoe just said - all of which is in French.
One thing is for sure, there will be no English spoken in Holly Vittetoe's French class.
The Westwood Middle School world language teacher practices an immersion technique to help her students better learn and retain the language. Even in the hallway outside of class on March 9, Vittetoe's instruction to her dozen students begins in the romantic language of Paris, although mixed with a bit of English.
But once the threshold is crossed entering her room, it's all French - which the students speak fairly well considering they only do it 47 minutes a day a couple of days a week.
For years, Vittet...
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