Great write up! You touched on it some, but I would emphasize that public education has difficulty in highlighting real-life examples of subject applications. I never spoke French until a decade AFTER my last class. Simply making a semester or two of language a graduation requirement also makes it a means to an end.
Great write up! You touched on it some, but I would emphasize that public education has difficulty in highlighting real-life examples of subject applications. I never spoke French until a decade AFTER my last class. Simply making a semester or two of language a graduation requirement also makes it a means to an end.
Agreed. When you "have to" take two semesters, the goal is to get it over with, not learn a new language.