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Learning a second language

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Learning a second language

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Diaz, 1983; Saville-Troike, 1984


Students who study another language…

do better in core subjects

A study in Kansas found students
who study a second language
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performing especially
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Eaton, 1994


Students who study another language…

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“A pervasive lack of
knowledge about foreign
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security of the United
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race, gender or

children taking foreign language classes

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Dumas, 1999


Bibliography
This PowerPoint presentation
summarizes portions of a much
larger document titled “The benefits
of Second Language Study”
published by NEA Research (2007)

and available online at http://
www.ncssfl.org/papers/
BenefitsSecondLanguageStudyNEA.p
df
Please see the
bibliography of that document for
many of the sources cited in this
presentation.
US News and World Report,
Dropouts Loom Large for Schools,
published online at http://
www.usnews.com
/education/articles/2009/08/19/drop
outs-loom-large-for-schools

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