{"id":1782,"date":"2012-01-02T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/2012\/01\/vol-4-issue-1-article-20-embarrassing-facts-about-foreign-language-learning-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2012-01-02T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T07:38:00","slug":"vol-4-issue-1-article-20-embarrassing-facts-about-foreign-language-learning-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Article: 20 Embarrassing Facts About Foreign Language Learning In The U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 2, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What it is that makes Americans so resistant to\u00a0learning<\/a>\u00a0foreign languages? Maybe it\u2019s our history of isolationism, maybe it\u2019s patriotism, maybe (probably) it\u2019s laziness. If English was good enough for Jesus and Shakespeare, it\u2019s good enough for us, we sometimes say. But a few moments of surfing the worldwide web is time enough to discover that many of us refuse even to learn\u00a0our own language<\/a>. Here are 20 cold, hard, embarrassing facts about foreign language learning in the U.S. of A.<\/p>\n

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  1. In Europe, 44% of citizens speak multiple languages. In the U.S.,\u00a0only a paltry 9%<\/a>\u00a0can say the same.<\/li>\n
  2. It is estimated that\u00a0more than half the world<\/a>\u00a0speaks at least two languages, compared to our rate of slightly less than 1 in 10.<\/li>\n
  3. Students in Finland dedicate about\u00a016 hours each week<\/a>\u00a0to foreign languages, and still manage to come in second in reading, second in math, and first in science. American students\u2019\u00a0ranks<\/a>: 14th, 25th, and 17th out of 34.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Visit\u00a0OnlineColleges.net<\/a>\u00a0to read the full article.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 2, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 What it is that makes Americans so resistant to\u00a0learning\u00a0foreign languages? Maybe it\u2019s our history of isolationism, maybe it\u2019s patriotism, maybe (probably) it\u2019s laziness. If English was good enough for Jesus and Shakespeare, it\u2019s good enough for us, we sometimes say. 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