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This Final Report Action & Plan is the result of a year-long collaborative effort on data and information collection as well as a national and international dialogue on language needs and capacity in the United States and other predominantly English-speaking countries (PESC).

The intent of the Languages for All? initiative was to spark a discussion of whether access to a second language is necessary for, and can be made available to all learners or only the more privileged learners in these countries. Our purpose is not the traditional mode of advocacy for more language-enabled Americans. While advocacy informs the recommendations below, the intent here is threefold:

• First, to outline a vision and message that provides a solid base for unified efforts across the Language Enterprise, a coalition of constituents with vital interests in language representing education, government, heritage communities, industry, and overseas partners;
• Second, to balance advocacy with empirical evidence; and,
• Third, to propose a concrete action plan, with clearly defined strategic goals, objectives and milestones, for advancing language in the U.S. at all level of education, starting with K-12.

Read the report at www.languagepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Languages-for-All-Final-Report.pdf