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>From: "Golden, John " <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'LLTI-Editor '" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5561.8 Italian (!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp)
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:45:54 -0500
Here at Stonehill College (2000 students, private, Catholic, 25 miles south
of Boston) the fundamental fact determing the situation of FLs is the
secondary-school background in FLs of our incoming freshmen. Here are the
details of that background for our last two entering classes.
Class of 2002 Class of 2003
396 incoming freshmen took Spanish in HS 448
178 French 182
89 Latin 93
18 Italian 16
11 German 17
4 Russian 2
1 Portuguese 5
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Subject: Re: #5561.8 Italian (!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp)
--- Forwarded Message from Donald Clark <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:06:52 -0500
>From: Donald Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5561.7 Italian (!) (now German vs. Chi/Jp)
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Our German enrollment at Johns Hopkins has declined in the past two
years.
Italian has grown slightly. Chinese enrollment steadily increased for
several years; but seems to have leveled off this past year. Japanese,
although very popular a few years ago, seems to have lost its
attraction.
Enrollments slightly declined two years ago and now seems to have
leveled
off with figures (now lower than five years ago) rermaining the same for
the past two years.
D. Clark
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>>From: "Sue Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Organization: UVM, College of Arts & Sciences
>>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>>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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>>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:26:02 -0500 (EST)
>>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>>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]>
>> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information
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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
>200 Southwick Building
>University of Vermont
>Burlington, Vermont 05405
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Donald Clark
Director, Language Teaching Center
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md. 21218
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