The Washington Times – Deborah Simmons
“Yet there’s another reality that needs our attention: Foreign-language speaking in American schools is on a one-way street. We’ve turned the spigots on full blast on English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs, with impractical undivided attention and money going to children and adults for whom Spanish is their native tongue. And even though there is no 21st century George Wallace blocking “outsiders” from learning on American college campuses, we still should be mindful. What about our kids who want to speak and write fluently in a foreign language? Young people planning to be translators or teach English in a foreign land? Young people planning to join the Peace Corps or their church’s mission to a far-off land? Young people who would like to be able to say on applications for college, internships, scholarships, or employment that they can speak a language other than English?.”(more)