Upward Trend for German Language in US Colleges & Universities

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The Modern Language Association (MLA) has recently released a report entitled "Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2006."

According to the report, German remained the third most taught language at US colleges and universities, with a 3.5 percent increase from 2002. This was a larger percentage increase for German language than was seen in 2002, continuing an upward trend.

German is the most widely spoken language in the European Union, and it is spoken by 101 million people around the world. It is the second most important language in the sciences. Worldwide, it is the language of almost one-fifth of all books.

February 14, 2008

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