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departments should contend with the market approach to education and society's confusion over the "information explosion" and "communication crisis" by revitalizing their programs in relevant ways.' As a first step, why not teach students how language functions?2 A course introducing the nature of language from the broadest perspective could have the further advantage of unifying modern language, English, and other departments around a common core, another goal within the profession.3 The World of Language was designed to respond to such demands by providing a coherent framework for the updated study of foreign languages, English, and other disciplines, such as the visual arts and theatre. |