November 21, 2003

American Students Flocking to Foreign-Language Courses

By ERIC HOOVER

The tongues of American college students are rolling R's in record numbers.

A survey released this month by the Modern Language Association found that more college students than ever were studying foreign languages, and that colleges and universities offered a greater variety of language courses than they did five years ago.

Spanish continued to be the most widely taught language in academe, accounting for 53 percent of total foreign-language enrollments in 2002.

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