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This 11 page paper traces the history of foreign language in American schools. The paper looks at the decades of the twentieth century to see the course that foreign language curricula would take primarily in high school but also in elementary school and in higher education.
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spoken as a second language in many nations where it even has official status (Met, 2004). Approximately one quarter of the people in the world are competent in English
(Met, 2004). And while English is spoken a great deal around the world, it is by no means the primary language. The majority of people do no speak English as
they speak a number of different languages. And while that is the case, English is looked upon as an important language and one that is spoken in most civilized nations
and their hospitality industries. Many Americans are proud of the use of this language and some even want to make it an official language, something that is a hot political
issue. Likely, that will never happen as Spanish has become more and more prevalent, so much so that there are many government pamphlets now printed in both English and Spanish.
Still, some wonder why Americans need to learn another language. There are may reasons why it is important for Americans to learn a foreign language in an increasingly global society.
Further, it is not only important for business for example, but if only one quarter of the world speaks English, then the majority of the world speaks languages other than
English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools do not take language very seriously, requiring it for their academic degrees to an extent, but
requirements vary. Certainly, they are not as stringent as the need for English grammar or Mathematics. A little under one third of elementary schools offer any foreign language instruction at
all (Met, 2004). Some elementary schools reserve such things for their honors curriculum, but interestingly, it is known that children learn languages faster and better when they are younger. It
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