Foreign teachers, the internet and satellite television have been blamed.
Students' problems understanding foreign teachers is not new.
During the 1870s and '80s, foreign teachers began to be imported and students were sent abroad.
For example, it has sued Greece for discriminating against foreign hotel managers and foreign teachers.
Many foreign teachers are employed, especially in technical and medical schools.
Many foreign teachers and doctors take lower-skilled jobs as gardeners or waiters.
With its host of foreign teachers, the school even offers elective classes on Simone de Beauvoir.
There are now thousands of foreign teachers like Claudia Cuervo in American classrooms.
Yad Vashem, an Israeli museum and remembrance authority, trains 10,000 domestic and foreign teachers every year.
The schools say they bring in foreign teachers because of a shortage of Americans qualified to teach math and science.
After class, she often came to see the foreign teachers for extra practice with her English, which was excellent.
