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ERIC Number: ED150865
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 8
Abstractor: N/A
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Report on Foreign Language Education in Utah.
Howe, Elliot C.
Utah Language Quarterly, v2 n3 p18-24 Spr 1977
There has been a gradual decline in Utah in language enrollments at the rate of about 4% in about 10 years. The rate of teachers assigned to teach foreign languages also shows a diminishing trend. The Utah Foreign Language Association has worked to improve instruction and increase the professional status of its members. Workshops have been sponsored, the newsletter of the Association has been published from 1959, and special field trips have been conducted to enable students of a second language to visit the country where their target language is spoken. The intrinsic value of learning a second language still exists, and foreign language enrollments in Utah will increase, because of bilingually educated students, marketing trends, and foreign travel. Foreign language specialists will visit districts and counsel them on improving their language programs; individual members of the boards of education of various school districts will also be visited and asked to urge their executive officer to support foreign language instruction. In addition, church, civic, and business leaders will be asked to give their comments on the importance of language learning. (AM)
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Authoring Institution: Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. Div. of Technical Assistance.; Intermountain Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.; Utah Foreign Language Association.
Identifiers - Location: Utah
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