WHY FRENCH MATTERS
"10 Good Reasons to Learn French" from The French Embassy.
"La langue française dans le monde 2014," available from the Organisation internationale de la francophonie.
"In Defense of French" by Zach Simon
"7 Reasons You Should Teach Your Children To Speak French" by Robe Wile
"10 Social Media Tips for Reaching World Language Learners" by Sarah Wike Loyola
"Fluency in a Second Language: Should It Be Part of College and Career Readiness" by Leslie Maxwell
"How many languages are spoken in the US?" by Matthew Kushinka
http://www.redlinels.com/2014/02/06/how-many-languages-are-spoken-in-the-us/#trivia
"The Common Core Framework and World Languages: A Wake-up Call for All" by Audrey L. Heining-Boynton and Mary Lynn Redmond
http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/TLE_pdf/TLE_Jan13_Article.pdf
"Classroom Poster: Why Learning Another a New Language Rocks!" by We Are Teachers
http://www.weareteachers.com/hot-topics/topics-in-education/the-benefits-of-second-language-acquisition-classroom-poster?utm_source=Middlebury&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=Middlebury-PosterLanguageLearning-0114
"America's Foreign Language Deficit" by Davis Skorton and Glenn Altschuler
http://www.forbes.com/sites/collegeprose/2012/08/27/americas-foreign-language-deficit/