Building the Foreign Language Capacity We Need: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for a National Language Framework.  Frederick H. Jackson, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland and Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics, determined in this report that, "as a result of 21st century economic globalization and international terrorism, it has never been more urgent to develop American citizens who fully understand and can communicate effectively with people of other cultures. Although several steps are being taken to begin to address this need, they are isolated and lack central coordination and accountability; to meet the need requires a comprehensive long‐term national strategy. The purpose of this paper is to recommend the necessary components of such a