How America Got Its Foreign Language Gap.

Girouard, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ251158

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Publication Date: 1980

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How America Got Its Foreign Language Gap.

Girouard, Robert L.

Modern Language Journal, v64 n2 p187-89 Sum 1980

Echoes the concern expressed in the Report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, decrying declining enrollments in foreign language programs. Analyzes the causes of this decline by reviewing recent historical events and cultural trends, and suggests that it is matched by a decline in English verbal aptitudes. (MES)

Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning, Ethnocentrism, International Relations, International Studies, Language Enrollment, Language Role, Second Language Programs, Socioeconomic Influences, Verbal Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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