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To: Jimbobwae who wrote (30017)	11/11/2001 7:46:06 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 208838

most Americans fall short when it comes to international adaptiveness. A common short coming among US citizens. Not everyone. There are a few that are making the effort and I am certain, given what is going on around the world, that there will be more making the effort to learn another language. To me, it is a puzzle why universities have not given more emphasis to learning foreign languages, particularly when the amount of business is conducted abroad. (and I believe that in the future it will be more so). I suspect that if America truly wants to influence and lead the rest of the world in the years to come, more Americans will be better served if they knew at least another language, obviously the more the better. Now that China has been officially accepted as part of the WTO, I imagine that in time, they will go out and start promoting their own country. This should be enough competitive motivator for more Americans to start learning other languages. If Americans are capable of putting a man on the moon, I would not doubt for a minute that they will conquer other languages... Well... French may be the exception -gg-