'While educators largely agree about the benefits of foreign language education, neither high schools nor universities are focusing on language literacy for the 21st century.' -mrubin1971
Many high schools teach Spanish or French. Perhaps larger, better-funded districts might also offer German or Chinese. The College Board offers Advanced Placement exams in seven languages, five of which are European. Fewer than 3,000 students take the Japanese exam, and only 15,000 take Chinese. In comparison, 20,000 take the art history AP exam, while 150,000 test in Spanish, and double that take psychology.
A half-century ago, Japan seemed like the country of the future. Japan’s economic boom was the subject of both admiration and paranoia in the United States. The 1986 Michael Keaton filmrepresented perhaps the peak of this Japan hysteria. As Japan’s demographic decline pushed that country into recession, China seemed the new Asian bet.
China now faces a demographic precipice far more severe than Japan’s. It has lost its status as the world’s most populous country, and it will likely lose 40% of its population by the end of the century. Its economy is in dire straits, no matter dictator Xi Jinping’s bluster to the contrary. Any American doing business in China today risks not only their livelihood but also their life.the U.S.-India partnership as “among the most consequential in the world ...
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