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From http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/01/elementary-world-language-712/

Experts cite value of elementary world language classes
September 1, 2014

About a quarter of the nation’s elementary schools offered instruction in a world language during the 2008-09 school year, according to the center’s most recent survey on the topic. That’s down from about a third of elementary schools some 10 years earlier.

Although studies point to both cognitive benefits and academic gains from learning a second language early on, “budgets often present a problem,” said Martha G. Abbott, executive director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

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