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The Improvement of Foreign Language Competency in the United States

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A great deal of discussion and planning is under way the purpose of which is to upgrade our national system of foreign language instruction. Out of that discussion has emerged a consensus on a few key points of leverage to supplement and improve the system. These include focusing on adult language needs; the development of consistent measures of individual and program performance; the elaboration of the technology of teaching upper-level language skills; and the establishment of empirically oriented experimental classrooms. To carry out this agenda, the creation of a national foreign language center is proposed.

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  • Richard D. Lambert, 1987. "The Improvement of Foreign Language Competency in the United States," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 490(1), pages 9-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:490:y:1987:i:1:p:9-19
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716287490001002
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