District Administration - October 2008 - (Page 35)
21st CENTURY LEARNING – FOREIGN LANGUAGE Elementary-level foreign language instruction helps to create global citizens. BY MYRIAM MET A Cure for Monolingualism GLOBALIZATION HAS LED TO UNPRECEDENTED interest in expanding foreign language instruction in U.S. schools, particularly at grade levels where traditionally it has not been an option. Languages that previously have been rarely taught, such as Chinese, are frequently the choice of new programs at every level in the K12 range. As No Child Left Behind has become a familiar refrain in our schools, few have noticed that the United States is already far behind the rest of the www.DistrictAdministration.com September 2008 35
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