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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.
【S4】
选项
答案as—while
解析 连词误用。该处逗号前后两个分句的意思分别是“小学中外语教学减少的现象主要出现在公立小学里”和“教授外语的私立小学比例还大致保持在51％的水平”。前后两部分的语义逻辑关系为对比，故将as改为while。
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