The study finds that the students continue to study traditionally top taught languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian, and their that interest in classical languages such as Greek and Latin remains strong. T Karin Ryding, a professor of Arabic ?townat GeorgetownUniversity in WashingtonD.C., says she’s pleased that the survey find found growth in the study of both introductory and advanced level courses in foreign language. She says practicality is one of the motivations. “I don’t think that this is just a temporary spike in enrollment, I think these figures indicate a real shift of interests on the part of the American students. Young people today understand that the world is now truly and inevitably smaller, and they’re coming to the study of Arabic and other languages with serious professional goals in mind including, and let me list some examples, work with international organizations, enprometic diplomatic service, global environmental efforts, humanitarian in releaserelief effort, security studies, international communications and media studies.” The survey’s findings are based on language study enrollments at 2,800 colleges in and universities across the United States between October 2006 and August 2007, this report is the group’s 21^st survey.