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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Chosun Ilbo</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Arabic 'Soft Option' Tops 2nd Languages on CSAT</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Arabic was the most popular second foreign language on the College Scholastic Aptitude Test for the first time this year. But although Arabic is included in the CSAT, there is not a single high school in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> teaching the language. <BR><BR>Of a total of 99,693 CSAT applicants, 29,278 or 29.4 percent selected Arabic in the second language section. Japanese came second with 27,465 applicants, followed by Chinese with 13,445.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/12/11/2008121161027.html</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>