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Introduction

How to fight for your language requirement

Strategies, lessons, and paths

 | Lafayette College
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Article outline
  • 1.Language requirements at a crossroads
  • 2.Language education and the AI era
  • 3.Overview of the contributions
  • 4.Strategies, lessons, and paths forward
  • References
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