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Byrnes, Heidi; Lariviere, Richard W.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Klee, Carol A.; Rodd, Laurel Rasplica; Jacobs, Roderick A.; Welles, Elizabeth B. – Modern Language Journal, 2002
This commentary on language curricula in universities is followed up commentaries by a language center director, on perspectives from a Spanish department, the case of Japanese, the role of foreign languages in universities, and foreign language enrollment numbers. (VWL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Enrollment

Reinert, Harry – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Educational Objectives, Language Enrollment, Language Role

Fischer, Willi W.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1971
Based on a presentation delivered to the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers, March 19, 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Relations, FLES, German

Girouard, Robert L. – Modern Language Journal, 1980
Echoes the concern expressed in the Report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, decrying declining enrollments in foreign language programs. Analyzes the causes of this decline by reviewing recent historical events and cultural trends, and suggests that it is matched by a decline in English verbal aptitudes.…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning, Ethnocentrism, International Relations