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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is a smart move and far more colleges need to do this kind of cutting and then work on keeping tuition from increasing.

As far as foreign language  in college, I have met people who majored in a foreign language- can barely put together a sentence in that language. And let’s face it kids are taking 4 yrs if foreign language in high school and then possible another year in college and for what? They don’t become anywhere even close to even being able to hold a conversation. Duolingo is fine[/quote]
+1 the best way to learn a fl is by conversation.  Hire a native speaker and have a conversation via video conference. I know some folks who get paid to do that. No need to take a fl in college.  I did take a year of it in college because of a major I was studying, but I dropped it because there was no one to speak that language with around me, and so my fl skills weren't getting much better.  This was pre-internet days.

-bilingual speaker of a different language[/quote]

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