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Met, Myrian – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
If it is time to put the "world" into a world-class education, the author argues, then it is time to make foreign languages a greater priority in the U.S. education system. About 6% of the world's population speaks English as its primary language. English is widely spoken as a second language in countries where it has official status along with…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
