The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language in a Changing Society - Couverture rigide

Alvarez-Sandoval, Emanuel

 
9780595806676: The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language in a Changing Society
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ISBN 10 : 0595806678 ISBN 13 : 9780595806676
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

'Today large and small nations of the world need to live in dialogue with each other to establish good relations for collective survival, and to avoid wars."

A presidential commission's 1979 report concluded that a monolingual society that neglects the teaching of foreign languages is greatly disadvantaged in dealing with foreign powers, particularly developing nations.

In The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language in a Changing Society, author Dr. EManuel Alvarez-Sandoval shows the problems of a monolingual society and prescribes remedies for their solution, particularly in a post-9/11 world.

Intelligence gathering in another country is greatly hindered if the cultural and philosophical content of the country's language is not understood properly. The problem is so grave that the presidential commission termed it a national emergency. In a post-9/11 world, however, understanding foreign languages is no longer just a priority, but an absolute necessity in developing a global network against terrorism.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Santander del Cauca, Colombia, EManuel Alvarez-Sandoval earned a PhD in education at Walden University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a JD in Jurisprudence at Western State and Valley University School of Law, a Master degree in philosophy of religion at American Baptist Seminary of the West, two BA?s one in Spanish literature, and another in philosophy, and his teaching credential in Latin American Literature at CSULA. His Spanish textbook, El español básico hecho fácil/Basic Spanish Grammar Made Easy, is in its third edition.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595806678
ISBN 13 
9780595806676
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
132
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0595348211 ISBN 13 :  9780595348213
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005
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