Ulloa, Jennifer

Ms. Montgomery
AP Language III
January 14, 2017
First Precis on Debate Colum Should Foreign Language Classes Be Mandatory in College
In her Studying a Language in College Should Depend on Your Interests (2016), Betty
Berdan argues that learning a language should not be mandatory in college if it is not in your
own interest as a student. Berdan supports her stance on this topic by saying that if one does not
want to learn a language in college one wont because it takes a lot of dedication to learn it, she
then goes on to offer a counter plan to making learning a language mandatory in college she
states it is better for students to actually start learning another language since kindergarten all
throughout high school and that in college it should be up to them if they want to continue to
learn the language. Betty Berdan demonstrates her opinion in hopes to create an impact on the
education system that currently exists in the United States of America. Betty Berdan creates a
great point when she says that by making foreign language classes mandatory the focus of the
students will be driven off from what they are trying to reach and mainly because of the lack of
dedication that will follow behind these classes. Betty personally likes learning languages
because she says it connects the world in a much better way but she knows that note everyone is
like her and that not everyone likes what she likes making her argument much more widely
accepted by others in the way she demonstrates in to her intended audience, Princeton
University. The way Betty shows her hopes at the end demonstrates that she is trying to attain
Princeton Universitys attention by calling them out on how unrealistic their proposal on
making language classes mandatory in college.

Second Precis on Debate Colum Should Foreign Language Classes Be Mandatory in College

Ulloa, Jennifer
Ms. Montgomery
AP Language III
January 14, 2017
In her Americans Today Cant Afford Not to Know another Language (2016), Taylor
Doyle claims that the people who live in the United States of America whom have an interest in
becoming wealthier, are those that mainly have to learn a Foreign Language. Taylor demonstrates
her support for people learning a foreign language by talking about globalism and the importance
and all the advantages that follow up behind it not only to the economy but also to all of the
citizens of this country. Taylor Doyle continues on defending her stance on the the debate by
talking all about her own personal experiences with learning a foreign language in the seventh
grade and all because of the education system that exists. Ms. Doyle talks about globalism in
order to tie in the idea of nationalism and the economy to attract a much bigger audience. Doyle
then goes on to talk about her own experiences in the education system of the United States of
America to create a sense of ethos to her audience which in this case is people whom are a part
of the education system, those who wrote the proposal for Princeton University to make foreign
language classes mandatory and for those whom are trying to make the united states economy
and international relations much better. Taylor Doyle wraps it all up with how communication
and understanding between the people in the United States becomes much better by learning
another language and how ones life becomes more easy just because of the opportunity to be
able to communicate with others whom speak other languages other than English.