In a riven world full of challenges and potential threats, Southern California can play a unique role based on its polyglot population -- a reality recognized in new congressional legislation that would boost the aid for specialized programs in area schools that teach strategically key languages. The Cal State campuses each have a particular focus tongue and interconnected programs to emphasize not just the given language but also linked majors of high value, such as in math, computer sciences or communications. The added $2.88 million in defnee funding pressed by Sen. Barbara Boxer would help teach: Mandarin in Long Beach, Farsi in Fullerton, Korean in Los Angeles, Russian in Northridge and Arabic in Dominguez Hills and San Bernardino.
Federal funding would boost efforts to teach 'strategic' languages
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