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There is a correlation between high school language study and higher academic performance at the college level

Examines the correlation between high school foreign language study and success in college. Found that those who studied Latin, French, German, or Spanish in high school may be expected to perform better academically in college than students of equal academic ability who do not take a foreign language.

High school foreign language study and college academic performance. Classical Outlook, 62(2), 33-36. from ERIC database.

Wiley, P. D. (1985).