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By Eric Schlessler and A.J Hoog.

Foreign Language Study has not been as successful as it should be.

In fact, students are dropping like flies from foreign language programs.

J.H. Lawson reports that the dropout rate in foreign language programs for American high school

students is as high as 85% by the third year and 95% by the fourth year.

Another study by John B Carroll found that students who had studied for two years had a less than satisfactory

proficiency as measured by standardized tests, which means that the first two years did not

allow the student to become proficient enough to hold a conversation in the language.

LA Jacobovitz also found that most students who study foreign languages will probably never become fluent.

Not only will most students have low proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, they will actually experience negative learning.

That is, they will learn to avoid the foreign language and culture at all costs.

This is because of the many frustrations and failures they experience during their foreign language study.

Perhaps the major reason for the lack of success of foreign language programs is the method used.

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