"You Speak German Well... for an American"
The U.S. needs to re-assess its values in education. We cannot simply assume English is the "world language," or that English will indefinitely remain vital in global discourse.
The U.S. needs to re-assess its values in education. We cannot simply assume English is the "world language," or that English will indefinitely remain vital in global discourse.
Posted 05.25.2011
The dearth of emphasis on foreign languages in American schools is no secret. The American education system's seeming lack of interest in teaching se...
David Dagan | Posted 05.25.2011
The architecture of a German sentence is complicated and beautiful, but it doesn't always translate well. To a German-trained tongue, English pronunciation can be almost as challenging as the syntax.
The Independent | Tony Paterson | Posted 05.25.2011
Hollywood and Hitler made it the language of on-screen baddies. Before that Mark Twain had already famously dismissed it as "awful". Now American come...
Morgan Rotondi | Posted 04.20.2012