Unlike studying history or literature, learning a second tongue isn't solely based on the memorization of names and facts. Although it's similar in that it requires you to remember words and their meanings, this is merely a fraction of the mastery process.
"When it comes to history, science, and global affairs. Americans are notoriously uninformed. Too many of us shrug off our inability to" do math" or speak a second language. And in effect, we assume that these capacities are somehow dispensable, however they are not. Higher education in America is experiencing a similar misassumption......."