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An Administrator Looks at Language Study *
Author(s) -
Morrison J. Cayce
Publication year - 1945
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.1540-4781.1945.tb00667.x
Subject(s) - world war ii , public relations , sociology , cultural values , political science , pedagogy , social science , psychology , law
Author's Summary.— The Second World War brought to the people of the United States opportunities for leadership among the peoples of the world. Obviously, such leadership can be exercised wisely only insofar as we know and understand the aspirations, the hopes, the ideals, and the thoughts of others. In the final analysis, such wisdom is gleaned only through knowledge of language as a working tool. To gain such mastery of the languages of other peoples as will be needed by Americans in the years ahead presents many problems which must be finally answered in terms of experimentation and research. Looking to the future, we shall be not less interested in the cultural values of language study, but we shall strive to attain those cultural values through teaching languages as an essential instrument in the exercise of our duties as citizens of the world.)