US: Arabic surges to No. 10 in language enrollment

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu




Arabic surges to No. 10 in language enrollment



For the first time, Arabic has made it into the list of the top 10
most-studied languages at U.S. colleges and universities, according to
a survey by the Modern Language Association of America.



Interest in Asian languages is also growing at a fast rate, with
Chinese study up 50% since the previous survey, conducted in 2002.



Full story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-11-13-arabic-languages_N.htm




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