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Defending the FL Requirement in the Liberal Arts Curriculum
Author(s) -
Bugos Thomas J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1980.tb01610.x
Subject(s) - liberal arts education , foreign language , curriculum , language arts , core curriculum , the arts , pedagogy , sociology , foreign language teaching , core (optical fiber) , mathematics education , political science , linguistics , psychology , higher education , law , philosophy , computer science , telecommunications
The writer recently sat on a university committee formed for the express purpose of considering the role of modern and classical languages as a required part of the liberal arts core curriculum. The arguments here presented—both pro and con foreign language requirement—reflect the ideas and opinions primarily of colleagues outside the foreign language profession and provide numerous insights into the thoughts of those very individuals to whom we must repeatedly justify the foreign language requirement. An awareness of these arguments can prove most beneficial to foreign language teachers, administrators, and researchers at virtually every level of education.