View Content #6634
| Contentid | 6634 |
|---|---|
| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Article: Parents Want Their Children to Be Multilingual |
| Body | From http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/NEWS0102/708060303/1058/NEWS01 Learn another way to speak BY BEN FISCHER August 6, 2007 Do you want your young child to learn another language? If you do, you're part of a broad trend among middle-class parents, said Anne Golden, a Xavier University language professor and director of the university's corporate language training programs. "So many people hang their heads if I ask them if they speak a foreign language," Golden said. " ... But they say, 'I want my kids to.'" But don't expect your son or daughter to get that instruction at school. Despite the increasing demand, foreign language instruction before seventh or eighth grade remains sparse, available in less than one-third of U.S. elementary schools, according to the Center for Applied Linguistics. However, there are plenty of options outside of schools. Read the entire article, which discusses several extra-curricular language learning options for kids, at http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/NEWS0102/708060303/1058/NEWS01 . |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Inputdate | 2007-08-26 10:54:34 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-08-26 10:54:34 |
| Expdate | Not set |
| Publishdate | 2007-08-27 00:00:00 |
| Displaydate | Not set |
| Active | 1 |
| Emailed | 1 |
| Isarchived | 1 |
