03-29-2007, 11:38 AM
<b>US study lays stress on "critical need" languages like Hindi </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Washington, March 29: A new US study seeks more support from all levels of the US education system to develop an integrated approach to learning certain "critical need" languages, including Hindi and Chinese.
The Federal government should contract out for a project to find new ways to measure foreign language proficiency and to use technology to improve language instruction, says the report from the US National Research Council.
Last year President George Bush announced his National Security Language Initiative, which calls for new and expanded measures to help increase the number of Americans learning "critical need" languages like <b>Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Farsi. </b>
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The Federal government should contract out for a project to find new ways to measure foreign language proficiency and to use technology to improve language instruction, says the report from the US National Research Council.
Last year President George Bush announced his National Security Language Initiative, which calls for new and expanded measures to help increase the number of Americans learning "critical need" languages like <b>Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Farsi. </b>
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