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Show .ass .:;si ivi::-;;;: - - , s v illllll ... : 1 'mm ,sspi ml ' -z .'Y-V-N jill-lp1 fr lltllRIi ,; -.- I V-" "V" if 1111 ' 5 i 1111111? .a:' :.:.S..V:f-. j. !! 1' Iff i" - illlli M iilliSallllL r- (&'' M .Jf; III1 i I i . -l J . . .-- --. ......... -.I- ; , i ; I I ' 1 ; . I , . - - I ' 'f;: .1$ . ... .. . ' 'f : 'i - v. ' " -i-;-.y k v . ... , vm. s;. :,l : 'rl Eycc::"TAGT::r.r.uM .;. - 5- 'Only20prc,-trf Ar Ic-n 1 ';h school r'- --s receive more lhan Itwo yc"-s cf i ii a L -'wi k-; j. Lr ir.r 3 1' -.n a ccntury.j j"T.cricLr.s c:JycJ ur.ch-l'r:J superiorly b I.u..ly everything we I ;Urned our hands lo-we could tTford the luxury of ir.oit:-; C.z seers and Experts who urged us to learn he torses and ways cf c r lJs. But rfrose days have gsr.e the way of lc:: J ; ; J the nickel r '.;.;e call, f" The U.S. is net well prepared for ir.tcmaiioniJ i:ziz. Ve Co not know the . (language, l'-.c cultures or the gechic chr-c: :istics of our compcti-, compcti-, . t ;rs,' s::.:,J a rrort from a pare! of pvcrr.rrs p;cnted Feb. 25 at the i r .cetir 2 cf the National Governcrs' Asscciaticn in V a..h: gton, D.C. - - ' I The TaJi Force on Inter.r'icr J L'zJl, or.e cf six ti:k forces de-; f 1 .lc;cJ ?s part of the "Amcica in Trar.s;iiv,a" program gave seven rec - ' . ( r.rr.cr.l..;ons for state acticn: I. Intcrnc'Jor.l education tccctnc part of I t.-.e izr'x c ' catica of all s:l;nts; 2. Mor; students must ga:n proficiency u foreign I .-ures; 3 Teachers must knew more about international is- ' sues; 4. Schools and teachers need to know cf the wealth of rc:rces and naterL!i, Cu.er than textbooks, that are a-.'L.l'; fr ir.tcrnational edu- cation; 5. All jcuctes of colleges and univc-.'" v.zzt t : l"n.owledjcable ; - -1 i bout.tIse trcJer world and conversant in ar .zt 1 " - - 6. Eusiness , ; izi commu":ty support of ir.tcrr"t:cr.J educe .on s' J Lj increased; 7. j Tf.e businccj community muct t-e access to i ' . J education, par-1 tLcuIarly information about export markets, tra ' ; r . ..'.lons, and overseas '- Cultures. ' ; I Dr. Don Lochhcad, supervisor of the Davis District furrjn terz-'Z program at the scconlj-y level, r.ctcd the study of foreii hr-s is a I' 'growth" area in Davis DLtrlct schools. The U. of U. r:"; :.:s t "3 years jtcf fore'n Lngurge sfj.y h s:cr Jury school system for ciT.iuaice. lOAcr stute colleges. and universi'acs strongly recommend the study of a,; I foreign language as a condition of admission. ' I i . Davis District has 20 terchers of French, 36 of Spanish and eight of ; iGcrman in it 'secondary schools. Thirty-eight percent or 7,711 students of ! the total secondary enrollment are taking a foreiss langu?re r'ass. '. ! X Dr. Lochhead said finding people qualified to teach ncn-uadidonal lan-1 g' ges llhe Russian, Japanace cr Chinese has kept Ll:e tlistiici from offering I f c! tsses in these needed areas. Occasionally, the dls'ria has offered Latin , fa d Arabic. . I, This article will introduce tlie reader to sr-me of Hie lgaas programs ' Ic'lcred in Davis Dlatrlct. - ' ' J , J 1 Central Davis students in native dress include, front, Amylyn Dickman, Andrea Harding, Hard-ing, AlysonBuMer, back, AJIison Dover, BerrieChristensen, and JayLynn Fitzgerald. |