Not unlike their counterparts in Europe and parts of Asia, many American students are required to study a foreign language for two years, or often more, at the high school level. Quite frequently, these students continue their language study in college; the culmination of this study, the predicating assumption holds, is communicative competency formed through a method of tutelage in the areas of grammar, vocabulary, conjugation, and sentence structure. However, research shows that once students have been away from the classroom for over a year, the vast majority of them have failed to retain almost all of their foreign language skills.

The argument above supports which of the following claims?

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The American system of foreign language study pales in comparison to the competing systems of Europe and Asia.

The majority of language-learning programs in America need to strengthen their tutelage of grammar, vocabulary, conjugation, and sentence structure

The methods of foreign language study in the American curriculum are in and of themselves insufﬁcient to achieve retention.

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American students should be immersed in a country that speaks the language they are studying in order to truly pick up the language.

American students feel less inclination to learn a second language, since English is currently the dominant imperial language.

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