Monday, October 13, 2003
WHAT'S URDU FOR "WE'RE SCREWED" ?
Is the title of a story by the Chicago Reader based primarily upon interviews with Dr. Steven Poulos of the American Institute of Bangladeshi Studies reveal that two years after 9/11 American military and intelligence agencies face critical bottlenecks in language training. According to Poulos, Pashto, the language of the Taliban, is barely taught in North America. Likewise languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Farsi, Punjabi represent about " one percent " of foreign languages taught in the United States according to Alex Dunkel of the Critical Languages Program of the University of Arizona.
For want of a nail, a horseshoe was lost..... ¶ 7:50 AM
Is the title of a story by the Chicago Reader based primarily upon interviews with Dr. Steven Poulos of the American Institute of Bangladeshi Studies reveal that two years after 9/11 American military and intelligence agencies face critical bottlenecks in language training. According to Poulos, Pashto, the language of the Taliban, is barely taught in North America. Likewise languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Farsi, Punjabi represent about " one percent " of foreign languages taught in the United States according to Alex Dunkel of the Critical Languages Program of the University of Arizona.
For want of a nail, a horseshoe was lost..... ¶ 7:50 AM
