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Article: ATTENTION TURNS TO ARABIC IN THE WAKE OF 9-11, CENTER REACTS TO RISING INTEREST IN LANGUAGE.(City Desk/Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- April 26, 2004
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Byline: Nancy Mitchell, Rocky Mountain News
Linda Castillo is standing in front of her classmates and singing about her love for her father, shyly reciting from memory an ancient poem about paternal devotion.
At least, it sounds like singing. In reality, the freshman at West High School is speaking rapidly in the gently rolling tones of Arabic.
Castillo, 15, is one of 22 students wrapping up their first year of Arabic language classes at the 1,700-student high school near downtown Denver.
Arabic is the newest language at the school's Center for International Studies, where students also study less common language offerings such as ...