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Why Americans don’t study foreign languages and what we can do about that
Author(s) -
Sigsbee David L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.46
Subject(s) - foreign language , blueprint , higher education , linguistics , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , law
Foreign language training in U.S. higher education is not structured to produce students who are fluent and proficient, but blueprints exist that, if used to build foreign language programs, would enable students to be fluent and proficient in a foreign language.