The U.S. Foreign Language Deficit

Chapter 1 The Current Status of Languages in the United States

Chapter 2 The Extent and Impact of the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit

Chapter 3 The Career Connection—Foreign Languages as a Career Asset: The Importance of Foreign Language Knowledge and Intercultural Competence

Chapter 4 The Importance of Foreign Language Skills in International Education and Education for Global Citizenship

Chapter 5 A Brief History of Foreign Language Learning in the United States

Chapter 6 Developing Foreign Language Capacity in the U.S.—Heritage Language and Immersion Programs

Chapter 7 Addressing the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit—The Campaign for Foreign Languages

Chapter 8 Current Trends—Multilingualism as a Global Trend

Chapter 9 Challenges—Getting Students Interested in Foreign Languages and Keeping them Interested

Chapter 10 Encouraging Signs—Advocacy, Biliteracy, and Creativity

Chapter 12 Conclusions and Future Directions—From the Foreign Language Deficit to Foreign Languages 2.0