Oppenheimer: It’s time for Americans to master a second language From: sltrib.com
Tagged: Andrés Oppenheimer, Barack Obama, English-onlyPosted on: July 21st, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s recent comment that Americans should get their children to study Spanish or another second language has drawn an avalanche of criticism from English-only advocates and cable television anti-immigration zealots.
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But the fact is that the percentage of American college students who become proficient in a foreign language is pathetic compared to that of other countries. According to U.S. Department of Education, out of every 100 college credits taken by U.S. students in a given semester, only 8.6 are for a foreign language. “*
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