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There are a growing number of language immersion schools in the US. including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite

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问题     There are a growing number of language immersion schools in the
US. including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole,
which teaches children French as a second language at an age when
children’s brains are the most compliant. Statistics, however, show that
language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and
relatively few Americans know the second language. Scholars have spent【S1】________
years studying why Americans seem to regard the importance of learning【S2】________
languages. While they have developed theories and posit potential【S3】________
solutions, the future of language learning in the US remains hazy.
    Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that
offer foreign language courses has dropped significantly, from 31
percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 percent to 58
percent at the middle school level.
    However, the decline in elementary schools appeared primarily in
public schools, as private elementary schools teaching foreign language【S4】________
remained roughly same at 51 percent. The percentage of high schools【S5】________
teaching foreign language have remained at about 91 percent. This【S6】________
information comes from a nationwide survey of public and private
schools conducting in 2008 by the Center for Applied Linguistics in【S7】________
Washington, D. C.
    Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to
teach a second language to English-speaking children and young adults
has actually increased. Since 1962. 367 two-way immersion programs--
schools that pair native English speakers with these who speak another【S8】________
native language—developed in 28 states, including Washington, D. C. 【S9】________
And, as in 2007, 263 total and partial immersion schools have been【S10】________
established.
【S1】
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答案the—a
解析 冠词误用。the second language特指“第二种语言”，不符合句意，而a second language的内在意思是“另一种语言”，即第二语言，这里表示泛指，符合句意。此处意为“很少有美国人懂另一种语言”，故将the改为a。
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