Deputy Secretary Simon Participates in Videoconference on Critical Languages (November 13, 2006) |
![Deputy Secretary Simon participates in a videoconference on critical languages at Sprague Technology Center in Annandale, Virginia. He was joined by students learning Arabic from Hayfield Secondary School, who spoke via teleconference with students from Tunis, Tunisia, and Beirut, Lebanon. This teleconference, which was carried out with the support of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), highlighted the importance of critical language education to American competitiveness and international education and cooperation during the U.S. Department of Education's seventh annual International Education Week.](1113_3.jpg) |
Deputy Secretary Simon participates in a videoconference on critical languages at Sprague Technology Center in Annandale, Virginia. He was joined by students learning Arabic from Hayfield Secondary School, who spoke via teleconference with students from Tunis, Tunisia, and Beirut, Lebanon. This teleconference, which was carried out with the support of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), highlighted the importance of critical language education to American competitiveness and international education and cooperation during the U.S. Department of Education's seventh annual International Education Week. |
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