The Standard Times - February 7, 2013
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130207/OPINION/302070329/
Mel and Cindy Yoken - New Bedford residents and retired language teachers
Relevant Quotes: (Please follow the link above to read the complete article.)
Beginning languages at the elementary level, as proposed by the Esperanza School of Languages to provide language acquisition in the New Bedford Innovation School program, is one alternative for students to begin learning foreign languages at an early age, and to continue that language through the high school level.
Succinctly, being able to communicate well in a foreign language is indeed an invaluable asset.
