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23February07

Parlez Usted Deutsch?

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President Bush has announced plans to ask for funds to endorse the acquisition of languages deemed “important” in light of foreign policy decisions. But in this period of increased globalization, only a very small percentage of college students nation-wide actually take a second language during their college careers. Find out what Berkeley students think about learning a foreign language.

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  1. Kimberly

    I really want to take a language now. Does anyone know anything about the German classes?

    (Comment by Kimberly @ 4:36 pm on February 23rd, 2007)
  2. Amory Blaine

    This is indeed a story of much importance, America needs to expand its knowledge in the critical languages of the time, Arabic, Tajik, Chinese, Pashto and Farsi in order to work more cooperatively with the host nations of these languages rather than force American ideology with a gun that speaks in no tongue but violence. Human reason promotes the possibilities of peace through non-violence, which may in fact start with the acquisition of another language.

    (Comment by Amory Blaine @ 3:02 pm on March 27th, 2007)

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