Foreign Language Study: One of the Basics.

Whitehead, Kenneth D.

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ERIC Number: EJ277587

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Foreign Language Study: One of the Basics.

Whitehead, Kenneth D.

American Education, v19 n2 p5-7,14 Mar 1983

Documenting the decline in foreign language literacy among Americans and the decrease in foreign language requirements in high schools and colleges, the author stresses the intrinsic value of learning languages. He makes recommendations for improving foreign language study and attitudes toward it. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Educational Attitudes, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Required Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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