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Do Students Want to Study Foreign Languages?
Author(s) -
Phillips Walter T.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1943.tb03111.x
Subject(s) - sympathy , foreign language , face (sociological concept) , state (computer science) , public opinion , psychology , foreign language teaching , political science , linguistics , mathematics education , social psychology , computer science , law , philosophy , algorithm , politics
Author's Summary— It is common knowledge that there is widespread sympathy among the general public of the United States toward foreign language teaching. A survey of student opinion taken at San Diego State College shows the same friendly attitude. In the face of this evidence, how do foreign language opponents justify their stand against foreign language instruction?)