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the black husserl posted:Uh, I don't think US middle/high schools even teach languages like Korean or Japanese. Though I bet my 9th grade spanish essays were absolutely filled with nonsense phrases There has been a lot of change in the world language ed. world, including teaching approach (now it's meant to be 90-100% in the language, for example, with no explicit grammar lessons) and how we judge "proficiency" (standard 4 years = reaching "intermediate-mid" proficiency, which is only halfway to fluency but means you're able to move away from memorized phrases and create your own thoughts and ideas). In Japan, I was asked to help a couple high school teams prepare for a science fair competition that was being held in English against students from other Asian countries. They handed in their final presentation (a pretty hefty binder full of stuff) and I had to check the English for it. Out of nowhere was a single slide with the following: "Hello I am bug that look like stick. In Japan I am called nanafushi. I am on tree. You can look for me but can't find me." Their project had NOTHING to do with insects 
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