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>Organization: UVM, College of Arts & Sciences
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>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:52:05 -0400EDT
>Subject: Re: #5561.6 Italian (!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp)
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Our German classes here in Vermont have dwindled hugely in the
past five years.  We're lucky if we can fill up two sections of
Elementary German in the fall semester (at 20 students per
section), and by the time one gets to the upper levels, we're down
to 5 or 6 students--even though we still have a very small master's
program in German.  The Chinese and Japanese programs are
steadily growing, although they haven't gotten to the point where
they're over-enrolled yet.  Our Italian classes, on the other hand,
are chock full every semester.

Sue


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>Subject: Re: #5561.5 Italian (!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp)
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, LLTI-Editor wrote:

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> >From: "Polly LYNN" <[log in to unmask]>
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> ><[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re:      Re: #5561.4 Italian
> >(!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:33:02 -0600
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> You asked, "Is German really taught in more places that Chinese or
> Japanese or Russian? Just curious." Ed
>
> Dear Ed,
>
> If this is a serious question, here is a serious answer for St. Louis.
> Yes German is taught quite a bit more than Japanese and Chinese.  I
> think German is bigger here than on the coasts because the Midwest had
> so many German immigrants in the late 19th c.  We have fewer Asian
> immigrants than say the west coast and New York City.  Nevertheless,
> here are our numbers.

Yes, it was serious, although as soon as I wrote it I realized that the
midwest would have a far greater German enrollment than, for example, the
east, or, perhaps, other regions would. Our Japanese and Chinese
enrollments here are very close to German although German is still
slightly in the lead, but WELL behind Spanish and French). My guess is
that some (if not many) high schools in the area don't offer German any
more. It would be great to see other regional or national figures - and my
guess is that we will. I think our New England slant is very different
from the midwest. Ed

Susan Breeyear, Language Resource Center Coordinator
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University of Vermont
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