The importance of foreign language requirements for high school students 21 Articles

by Roy Jacobs

It's a cliché but it is true. We all live in a global village and as such we will find ourselves increasingly interacting and perhaps more importantly competing with a wider group of persons. This will not be evident ...read more

by Erin St John

It is a commonly accepted fact that the best time to learn a foreign language is during a child's pre-school years. As the brain ages, the ability to absorb languages - that we all possessed as toddlers - rapidly diminishe...read more

by Beth Hewitt

Its not just high school students that will benefit from having knowledge of foreign languages. Anyone anywhere who is bi/multi-lingual will definitely be favoured as having a well-rounded education. The best time...read more

by Duane Kuehn

Addressing proper English is more important than requiring foreign language development. However, the importance of learning foreign languages should never be diminished or not addressed in our educational sys...read more

by Jackie Az

Every school should have a foreign language requirement, because foreign languages open doors and open minds. Language is one of the building blocks of culture. By learning a foreign language students can begin to wrap t...read more

by Paul Lines

To be multilingual in the modern world has many advantages, and it is particularly important if you wants to relate to people from different cultures and backgrounds. 1) World travel. If you want to travel around the gl...read more

by C. M. Weston

Foreign language training should be required at every level of compulsory education, from pre-school through high school and also in college. We live in an increasingly interdependent world. Lack of tolerance of foreigne...read more

by S. Bracke

Learning languages at school is one of the most important things. But here in Belgium, we start learning French when we're 10 years old, while we learn English when we're 14. And German at the age of 16. English should...read more

by Tweak

There is an increasing need to focus on foreign language education in this country. Government officials, business leaders, and educators have expressed concerns about the lack of foreign language competence among th...read more

by Gary Gagne

While any foreign language training is a plus for a student, Spanish seems to be the language that most students will have a chance to use on a daily basis. Using a language is key to actually understanding it, because in ...read more

by Josephine Meade

How many foreign languages must we speak in today's world Once upon a time a little girl from Sicily moved to the United States. That little girl could only count to ten in English. She knew no other words. Howeve...read more

by Pam Hilts

Whether or nor people admit it, most American's view their nationality in a narrow, geocentric manner. People from other nations cite our arrogance, as a people, as one of the things they find most annoying about America...read more

by Jared Garrett

The benefits of foreign language instruction for students are many and varied. Many questions that may be asked regarding this issue include "When, or at what age, should instruction in foreign language begin?"; "How shoul...read more

by Alexander Milton

High school foreign language classes are a joke. I took two years of Japanese and all I could do is introduce myself and use one word sentences to get my point across. When I took a two week exchange student trip o...read more

by Ginger Kazay

start before high school. By the time students get to high school they need to start planning and preparing for college or jobs. Also, their brains have become set into certain learning patterns and suddenly needing to l...read more

by Geo Willcox

Most schools, specially Public Schools, are responsible for the failure of their students of becoming proficient in a second language. A second (or third) language should be introduced at a very early age, say, from the f...read more

by Sleepy Tuesday

Thinking of reasons to learn a foreign language? Think about the APE—academic, political and economic. • ACADEMIC. Studies are undisputed about the link between learning a foreign language and cognitive abil...read more

by Lafayette Hill

Learning a foreign language requires much more time than learning a trade skill. Therefore, students should start as soon as possible down the path of foreign language mastery. On the other hand, business and other technic...read more

by Anonomous User1

Unlike other disciplines, languages can not be effectively learned through daily classroom participation. While American highschoolers should be compelled to learn a language, systematic changes are needed to make this pos...read more

by Fb Publications

Foreign language is a necessary requirement for college, so that is a reason that high school students should learn a foreign language. However, students should be taught the importance of foreign languages independent ...read more