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Imagine your first day arriving at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, to which you have been assigned for intensive foreign language training. In many corners of the 72-acre campus, you hear speakers of foreign languages — in classrooms, lounges, and the cafeteria; on the walkway and just about everywhere.
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Red, D., North, J. (2016). Language Learning at the Foreign Service Institute. In: Berbeco, S. (eds) Foreign Language Education in America. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137528506_9
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