President George W. Bush calls for emphasis on World Language learning,
saying it will help protect the United States and foster democracy abroad.President George W. Bush calls for emphasis on World Language learning,
saying it will help protect the United States and foster democracy abroad.
Bush Proposes to Expand Foreign Language Teaching
- Voice of America
Bush says language studies vital to security
- Houston Chronicle - Jan 14, 2006
Foreign-Language
Learning Promoted
President Bush announced plans yesterday to boost foreign-language
study...
DefenseLINK News: Bush Kicks Off National
Foreign Language Initiative
The Daily Princetonian - Bush announces
strategic language initiative
President Bush today announced a new hundred-million-dollar initiative to
bolster
US national security by expanding foreign language education in this
...
Bush Seeks
Foreign-Language Study Funding - Yahoo! News
President Bush said Thursday the United States could help shed its
"bullying"
image abroad if more Americans learned to speak a foreign language.
President Bush Introduces Foreign Language
Initiative at US ...
President Bush Introduces Foreign Language Initiative at US
University Presidents
Summit on International Education.
VOA News - Bush Promotes Foreign Language
Studies as Vital to US ...
Bush says speaking to others in their own language shows interest
in their culture
and improves Americans' understanding of the world.
Bush wants
more Americans to learn foreign languages
...
The president said it is only natural that people who speak the same language
relate better. It helps when he meets with foreign dignitaries...
To read the text of Senate Bill 1089, The National Language Coordination Act of 2005 introduced on May 19, 2005, by Democratic Senator Akaka from Hawaii, go to:
http://www.akaka.senate.gov/~akaka/speeches/2005519A23.html
DoD Announces the Transformation Roadmap
On March 30, 2005, The Department of Defense announced a major initiative to develop foreign language and cultural expertise among its military and civilian members.
2005 -
The Year of Languages
The American Council on
the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) celebrated 2005 as The Year of
Languages in the United States.
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