U.S. students do not have a very good record in learning foreign languages. ____

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U.S. students do not have a very good record in learning foreign languages. ______ who study language learning claim that the ______ problem with foreign language education in the United States is that children do not begin learning when they are young. As a result, it is unlikely that many of them will ever ______ advanced proficiency. ______ of foreign language education argue that this lack of proficiency has negative ______ for the nation, especially in international business and government relations. Educators often discuss the contributions of ability and hard work to school performance. One ______ is that hard work is important, but ______ intelligence is even more important. These educators argue that people with ______ abilities usually perform better in school that people who work hard, but have average abilities. They admit, however, that this is simply a generalization and that it is always possible to find ______ to this general ______. Word Families - Fill in the word that makes sense grammatically in each sentence. Some forms of words may not be used. FASCINATE(S) (V) - FASCINATING (V/ADJ) - FASCINATED (V- ADJ) - FASCINATION (N) A. He thinks that she is a ______ girl who has amazing knowledge about history and science. B. They listened to the speaker with great ______ because he was such an interesting person. C. ______ discoveries have been made in the science laboratory this week. D. He was ______ by the movie and he recommended it to everyone he knows. AIL(S) (V) - AILING (V) - AILED (V) - AILMENT(S) (N) A. She has a number of physical ______ which keep her from getting out of the house. B. A few things are ______ her today and she can't get to work. She needs to rest at home. C. This medicine will cure what ______ you. D. The ______ children were helped by the doctor and they felt better in a few days. CRITICIZE(S) (V) - CRITICIZING (V) - CRITICIZED (V) - CRITICAL (AD)) - CRITIC/CRITICISM (N) A. I am sorry for ______ your work. I should support you because you're my friend. B. He is a well-known movie ______ who writes for the New York Times newspaper. C. I don't want to be ______ of her choice of clothing for the party, but 1 really don't like it. D. This book received a lot of ______ because it has a lot of controversial ideas in it.

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1. A)scholars

B) fundamental

C) attain

D) proponents

E) implications

2. A) observation

B) The in the long run

C) superior

D) counterexamples

E) hypothesis

1) A) fascinating

B) fascination

C) fascinating

D) fascinated

2. A) ailments

B) ailing

C) ails

D) ailed

3. A) criticizing

B) critic

C) critical

D) criticism

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