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| Title | Article: Learning Another Language |
| Body | From http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/education/20090410/6/2879 Learning Another Language by Sharmeen Gangat April 2009 While campaigning for president, Obama said he thought all American students should learn another language. Now that he has taken office, though, his push for foreign language instruction has faded. "His [Obama's] failure to include language learning in his education policy statement is regrettable," said Bret Lovejoy, executive director of the executive director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Foreign language education is particularly important in New York City, Lovejoy said, because of the city's role in commerce, finance, culture and entertainment. Judging from the numbers, foreign language education is hardly a priority in the country as a whole or in New York. One study found only 44 percent of U.S. high school students take a foreign language class. As a result, only 9 percent of Americans -- as opposed to about half of all Europeans -- speak one or more foreign languages. A 2003 report found a continuing decline in enrollments in foreign language classes across the country. Read the full article at http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/education/20090410/6/2879 . |
| Source | Gotham Gazette |
| Inputdate | 2009-04-21 07:35:45 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-04-27 00:00:00 |
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