The Growing Interest in the Arabic Language

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For the first time ever, the Arabic language has reached the Top Ten List of Most Studied Languages according to the Modern Language Association, with student enrollment jumping 127% from 2002 to 2006. On today's Thinking Aloud, Director of the National Middle East Language Resource Center, Kirk Belnap, discusses the rising national trends in learning Arabic and the details on the furious national debate over the best way to learn this difficult language.