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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:51 AM Original message |
American schools losing the language race |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Part of the story ,if language was required to watch tv ,porno ,and sports |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Foreign language isn't tested |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Touché proud2BlibKansan |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. And what is tested? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In my state |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. There are at least two foreign language immersion schools I know of in KCMO |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Foreign language is not tested |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. We refuse to teach a second language till puberty, when it's too late. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. It's not too late, it's just much harder for the student to learn then. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. When I entered first grade 51 year ago |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. in Florida you have to speak Spanish |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. But to function in the global economy, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese or French |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Our School Used to Have Foreign Language For Elementary Students |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. It is even more messed up than that |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. That is stupid |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. How many languages should our children learn, and |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. We've always been behind in foreign language instruction. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Too many systems direct kids to Spanish when they should be learning Portuguese, Chinese or Russian |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. The decline in foreign language studies has been, in part, |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. They need to start in elementary school |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well, from what I've seen over the years... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Too much emphasis on the core subjects, which are tested under NCLB |
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