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High school students intensely discover foreign languages – Baltimore Sun
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Fairfield-Suisun children receive an early introduction to foreign languages at Solano College
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Children’s language school abruptly closes without issuing refunds, parents say
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Babies recognize foreign languages as a form of communication
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Predict more students studying foreign languages – The Irish Times
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The cost of Britons’ failure to learn foreign languages | Letters
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Drinking a beer can help you speak a foreign language, study finds
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Foreign languages can come out of the trilingual formula in schools
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Foreign languages - Stabroek News
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Parents launch ‘immersive’ bilingual school at LIC to fill local void – Long Island City – New York
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Oakland’s 8th Bilingual School Opens in the Coliseum District
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Young Indians scramble to master foreign languages for a brighter future
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Children excel at learning foreign languages | Education
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Babies retain their early exposure to foreign languages
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Tennessee schools must prioritize foreign language learning
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Americans must learn foreign languages – Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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The study of foreign languages should be compulsory!
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Meet Your Army: NCO Language School Loves Mentoring, Giving Back | Article
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Maine High School hires Rosetta Stone to teach foreign languages to students
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Learning foreign languages can sharpen your mind: study
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States could allow students to learn coding instead of foreign languages
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HMCI Commentary: Science and Foreign Languages in Primary School
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International Education News l The PIE News l Foreign language studies: 2.28 million go abroad
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City Proposes Closing Bronx Foreign Language School – Mott Haven – New York
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Experts Warn WDM Schools About Abolition of Foreign Languages
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Goodbye French lessons? Coding could replace foreign languages
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More kindergarten children are learning foreign languages
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Many European children learn two foreign languages at the age of 9. Most Americans? Zero — Quartz
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‘Babbler’ birds use primitive language: study
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Seminole to introduce foreign languages to all elementary schools – Orlando Sentinel
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Americans are starting to lose their love for foreign languages
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Ask a North Korean: do you learn foreign languages? | North Korea
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Language study offers a new twist on the mind-body connection
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A point of view: Why do some people not like to hear foreign languages in the street?
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A case for removing foreign languages from American schools – Quartz
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Are young people interested in learning foreign languages? | Languages
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Xavier University will lead the study of the Chinese language in schools in La.
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Parents want primary school students to learn foreign languages – but where?
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Foreign languages are on the rise in schools | Elizabeth Truss
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Advocates seek to focus more on learning foreign languages
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Help with reading foreign languages – ScienceDaily
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My take: why studying languages should be part of your college experience – Schools of Thought
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