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Analyzing skills improve when
students study a foreign language.
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Business skills plus foreign language
skills make an employee more valuable in the market place.
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Creativity is increased with the study
of a foreign language.
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Dealing with another culture enables people
to gain a more profound understanding of their own culture.
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English vocabulary skill increases
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Foreign language study creates more positive
attitudes and less prejudice toward people who are culturally different.
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Graduates often cite foreign language courses as
some of the most valuable courses they took because of the communication skills they developed in the process.
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Higher order thinking skills - like problem solving, dealing
with abstract concepts, and inferencing - are increased when you study a foreign language.
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International travel is made easier and more pleasant through knowing
a foreign language.
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Job mobility and chances for promotion are often attributed to knowledge
of a foreign language.
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Knowledge of a foreign language promotes understanding of the difficulty
immigrants face as they attempt to learn English.
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Liberal arts training which includes foreign language study is sought more
and more by prospective employers.
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Memory is enhanced through foreign language study.
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Non-gifted students' ACT scores show that they gain more from language study than gifted students.
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Overseas business and joint ventures mean fluency in another language is now practically a requirement for
employment in many American or transnational corporations.
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Personnel in the army are paid more than others if they have foreign language skills.
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Quality of English writing among students improves with foreign language study.
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Reading skill in English improves when students study a foreign language.
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SAT scores are higher for foreign language students, particularly on the English section.
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Traveling abroad enhances cultural awareness and self-concept.
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Ugly Americanism as a national stereotype is partially based on our belief that the whole world
speaks English.
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Various verbal and even non-verbal tests of intelligence have shown bilinguals to out perform
monolinguals.
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Working-class students do just as well in foreign language studies as middle-class students, and
there is no difference between genders or race in this area.
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EXpertise in foreign language aids the cognitive
development of children.
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Years spent in studying a foreign language are proportionally correlated with an increase in SAT.
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Zzzzzzzzz...Wake up and smell the café! There are lots of vocational opportunities for foreign
language speakers.
(Found at various Web sites)
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