Why Americans Don't Study Foreign Languages and What We Can Do about That.

Sigsbee, David L.

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Publication Date: 2002

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Why Americans Don't Study Foreign Languages and What We Can Do about That.

Sigsbee, David L.

New Directions for Higher Education, n117 p45-52 Spr 2002

Explores why foreign language training in the United States is not structured to produce students who are fluent and proficient and discusses methods of foreign language instruction that would correct this. (EV)

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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