UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE VALLEY SCHOOLS HELP IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.The exotic sounds of some 220 languages from near and distant lands echo on the busy streets and in the crowded shops of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . And every day, thousands of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. residents attend classes in the hopes of deciphering those foreign tongues. At the San Fernando Valley Chinese Cultural Association Chinese Language School, which meets at Granada Hills Charter High School, hundreds of students come to learn the difficult Mandarin dialect dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. , as well as the written language. Orion Rodgers, 8, of Northridge is enrolled in the Saturday morning class. She said she'd like to use the classes to one day become a United Nations representative or a foreign diplomat. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Teacher Amy Tang tang, in zoology tang: see butterfly fish. helps Orion Rodgers, 8, of Northridge during a test at the SFVCCA Chinese language school at Granada Hills Charter High School. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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