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And here are some actual numbers …
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Languages included
(Languages regularly offered at the University of Michigan are in capital letters; this is NOT a complete list) |
Hours of instruction required for a student with average language aptitude to reach level-2 speaking proficiency |
Speaking proficiency level expected of a student with superior language aptitude, after 720 hours of instruction |
| GROUP I
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Afrikaans, Danish, DUTCH, FRENCH, Haitian Creole, ITALIAN, Norwegian, PORTUGUESE, Romanian, SPANISH, Swahili, SWEDISH
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480 |
3 |
| GROUP II |
Bulgarian, Dari, FARSI (PERSIAN), GERMAN, (MODERN) GREEK, HINDI-URDU, INDONESIAN, Malay |
720 |
2+ / 3 |
| GROUP III |
Amharic, BENGALI, Burmese, CZECH, Finnish, (MODERN) HEBREW, Hungarian, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Nepali, FILIPINO (TAGALOG), POLISH, RUSSIAN, SERBO-CROATIAN, Sinhala, THAI, TAMIL, TURKISH, VIETNAMESE |
720 |
2 / 2+ |
| GROUP IV |
ARABIC, CHINESE, JAPANESE, KOREAN |
1320 |
1+ |
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