As a service to our members, we provide the latest news, facts and figures about foreign languages to help you make the case for more language education in your school, district, state or university.
Please check here regularly as we will be adding new information as it becomes available to us.
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AUGUST 2005
Star-Telegram
Languages are no joke: by Richard Gonzales, Special to the Star-Telegram
Washington Post
Foreign Languages Not Just for Big Kids: By Ben Feller, The Associated Press
JULY 2005
Chicago Tribune
Tots take on foreign words: By Peggy Spear, Knight Ridder/Tribune news, Published July 6, 2005
MAY 2005
Essex Reporter
International Education in Our Schools by Rep. Debbie Evans, Chittenton 6-1, Essex.
Burlington Free Press
Supporting Foreign Language Education in Schools written by Connie van Eeghan for the Burlington Free Press
Newsweek
Education: The Future Doesn't Speak French : Aware of the challenges ahead, American students are rushing to learn Chinese - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693591/site/newsweek/
APRIL 2005
Yahoo! News/Reuters
More Young Americans Take Chinese Language Challenge -
Christian Science Monitor
Poor ingles? No problem for Brazil's diplomats - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p06s03-woam.html
WashingtonPost.com
Love of Learning Language Transcends All Ages - Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501157.html
March 2005
Boston.com News
Breaking the language barrier - Boston Globe:
www.boston.com:80/news/education/continuing/articles/2005/03/06/breaking_the_language_barrier
January 2005
WashingtonPost.com
Arlington Parents Wonder: Why Add Italian Class? - Since 1988, the last time the Arlington public school system added a foreign language to its curriculum, much has changed in the world. The Soviet empire collapsed; the Chinese economy soared; a terrorist attack by Muslim extremists launched the United States into war and sent the State Department in search of more speakers of Middle Eastern and other strategic languages. Read the article.
December 2004
The Washington Times
Campaign urges America to learn foreign languages - "Nearly half of Americans say there is "too little" foreign language instruction in the nation's public schools, and 50 percent attribute this to a lack of funding, a Roper Poll has discovered..." Read the article at http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041207-111412-8271r.htm
Education Week
College Board to Add Japanese to Language Offerings - Students of Japanese will be able to earn college credit in the language through a new Advanced Placement course to be offered beginning in the 2006-07 school year. Read the article.
November 2004
BBC News
Learning Languages 'Boosts Brain': Learning a second language "boosts" brain-power, scientists believe. Read the article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3739690.stm
October 2004
Reno Gazzette-Journal
State’s linguistic diversity grows - Top 3 languages in Nevada: English, Spanish and Tagalog. Read the article at rgj.com: http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/07/08/75132.php
Tribune India
Vistas for the young in foreign tongue - "For those possessing good knowledge of a foreign language there are myriad lucrative openings as translators, interpreters, online content writers, tour operators, instructors or even decoders of technical jargon, writes Biswajiban Sharma." Read the article at tribuneindia.com: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041012/jobs/main1.htm
September 2004
Foreign Policy Association
77% of respondents to a recent Foreign Policy Association survey say students inadequately prepared for international affairs. Read the article: http://www.fpa.org/topics_info2414/topics_info_show.htm?doc_id=240662
June 2004
Washington Post:
Bilingualism's Brain Benefits- Bilingual speakers are better able to deal with distractions than those who speak only a single language, and that may help offset age-related declines in mental performance, researchers say. Read the article on washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39338-2004Jun13.html
