摘 要: | Language and communication are at theheart of the human experience.The United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate suc- cessfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad.This imperative envisions a future in which ALL students will de- velop and maintain profwiency in English and at least ore other language,modern or clasical.Children who come to school from on-English backgrounds should also have oppor- tunities to develop further proficiencies in their first language.Statement of Philosophy Standardsfor Foreign Language Learning
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