Report: Foreign Language Study in US at Highest Level Since 1960

[Francis Hult]

Voice of America News

 

Report: Foreign Language Study in US at Highest Level Since 1960

 

A new study shows significant increases in foreign language study in the United States since 2002. From VOA's News York bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports Arabic is leading the surge.

 

The survey by the Modern Language Association of America finds that the study of Arabic has increased a whopping 127 percent, and the number of schools offering Arabic study has doubled since the last nationwide survey in 2002.

 

Full story:

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-13-voa64.cfm

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