Should the Modern Language Aptitude Test Be Used to Determine Course Substitutions for and Waivers of the Foreign Language Requirement?

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Sparks ◽  
James Javorsky ◽  
Leonore Ganschow
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
Language Aptitude ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Foreign Language Requirement ◽  
Language Requirement ◽  
Modern Language Aptitude Test

Philosophia Regina

PMLA ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney J. Oates
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Bear Market ◽  
Classical Philology ◽  
Foreign Language Requirement ◽  
Language Requirement ◽  
The Many ◽  
American Philological Association

Mr. Chairman, President Fred, President Starck, ladies and gentlemen of the Modern Language Association: I suppose on this occasion, as a member of the American Philological Association, I should be tempted to reflect upon the event in the year of the great schism, 1883, when forty youthful modern linguists, smarting under the tyranny of classical philology, struck their historic blow for freedom, and formed the Modern Language Association. Suffice it to say that after years of rivalry, we have all come to the realization that we are allies in a common cause, not only within the conventional humanities but also with our colleagues in the other areas of learning. No doubt the sense of kinship between classicists and scholars in the modern foreign languages has been enhanced by the experience of adversity. Certainly a classicist has had to learn to live with, and ultimately profit from, a perpetual “bear” market. But, happily, in recent years, the whole strategy of fighting defensive rear-guard actions has been abandoned, and a new spirit of confidence has appeared. A case in point is William R. Parker's excellent piece entitled “Why a Foreign Language Requirement?” There are also the many classicists who have sworn a mighty oath never again to utter a word of apology for the classics, but rather to start from the assumption that any intelligent and sensible man knows how important they are.

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