According to a
study, undergraduate enrollments in foreign-language courses at
American colleges and universities rose 6.6 percent between 2006 and 2009. Graduate
level foreign-language enrollments, however, declined 6.7 percent for the same
period. Spanish, French, German, and American Sign Language (ASL) are the four
most popular languages. Arabic has risen two positions in the ranking since
2006 to eighth most popular.
Furman, N., Goldberg, D., & Lusin, N. (2010). Enrollments
in languages other than English in United States institutions of higher
education, fall 2009. United States: The Modern Language Association of
America. www.mla.org/pdf/2009_enrollment_survey.pdf
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