Editing Brigham Young University (section)

=== International focus ===
[[File:ESC Eyring Science Center.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eyring Science Center]] houses a [[planetarium]], an [[anechoic chamber]] and a [[Foucault pendulum]].]]
Over three quarters of the student body has some proficiency in a second language (numbering 107 languages in total).<ref name = langfact>{{cite web| title =Why Use the Brigham Young University English Certification Test?| url =http://cito-lt.com/files/ECTComparisontoTOEFLTOEIC.pdf| access-date =August 30, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051804/http://cito-lt.com/files/ECTComparisontoTOEFLTOEIC.pdf| archive-date =September 27, 2007| url-status =dead}}</ref>  This is partially because 45 percent of the student body at BYU have been Latter-day Saint [[Missionary (LDS Church)|missionaries]], and many of them learned a foreign language as part of their mission assignment.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Languages 
 |work=About BYU 
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 |url=http://unicomm.byu.edu/about/default.aspx?content=languages 
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922073639/http://unicomm.byu.edu/about/default.aspx?content=languages 
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}}</ref> During any given semester, about one-third of the student body is enrolled in foreign language classes, a rate nearly four times the national average.<ref name = langfact/> BYU offers courses in over 60 different languages,<ref name = langfact/> many with advanced courses that are seldom offered elsewhere. Several of its language programs are the largest of their type in the nation, such as the Russian program.<ref name = langvalue>{{citation |last= Owens |first= Eric |title= America's Best Value Colleges |location= New York |publisher= The Princeton Review |year= 2004 |page= [https://archive.org/details/americasbestvalu00prin_0/page/583 583] |isbn= 0-375-76373-2 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/americasbestvalu00prin_0/page/583 }}</ref> The university was selected by the [[United States Department of Education]] as the location of the national Middle East Language Resource Center, making the school a hub for experts on that region.<ref name = langvalue/> It was also selected as a Center for International Business Education Research, a function of which is to train business employees in international languages and relations.<ref name = langfact/>

Beyond this, BYU also runs a very large study abroad program, with satellite centers in London, [[BYU Jerusalem Center|Jerusalem]], and Paris, as well as more than 20 other sites.<ref>{{cite web| title =International Study Programs| work =David M. Kennedy Center| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://kennedy.byu.edu/isp/index.php| access-date =August 30, 2007| archive-date =September 11, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070911183250/http://kennedy.byu.edu/isp/index.php| url-status =live}}</ref> Nearly 2,000 students take advantage of these programs yearly. In 2001, the [[Institute of International Education]] ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities.<ref>{{cite web|title=BYU Number One in Sending Students Abroad |date=November 16, 2000 |url=http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/newsrel/16Nov2000.html |access-date=August 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203221/http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/newsrel/16Nov2000.html |archive-date=November 18, 2007  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last =Terlep| first =Sharon| title =MSU is leader in U.S. students studying abroad| publisher =Lansing State Journal| date =November 18, 2002| url =http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=25105| access-date =August 30, 2007| archive-date =August 18, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070818130102/http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=25105| url-status =usurped}}</ref> The [[BYU Jerusalem Center]], which was closed in 2000 due to student security concerns related to the [[Second Intifada]] and later the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]], was reopened to students in the Winter 2007 semester.<ref>{{cite web|title=BYU students will not return to Jerusalem Center this fall |publisher=Brigham Young University |url=http://byunews.byu.edu/archive06-Jul-nojerusalem.aspx |access-date=August 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203132/http://byunews.byu.edu/archive06-Jul-nojerusalem.aspx |archive-date=November 18, 2007  }}</ref>
[[File:MaeserBuilding.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Maeser Building]], built in 1911, houses [[Brigham Young University Honors Program|BYU's Honors Program]].]]
A few special additions enhance the language-learning experience. For example, BYU's International Cinema, featuring films in several languages, is the largest and longest-running university-run foreign film program in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us |work=BYU International Cinema |publisher=Brigham Young University |url=http://ic.byu.edu/about_us.php |access-date=August 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818213910/http://ic.byu.edu/about_us.php |archive-date=August 18, 2007  }}</ref> BYU also offers an intensive foreign language living experience, the Foreign Language Student Residence.  This is an on-campus apartment complex where students commit to speak only their chosen foreign language while in their apartments. Each apartment has at least one native speaker to ensure correct language usage.<ref>{{cite web | title =Room Options| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://www.byu.edu/oncampushousing/rooms.html| access-date = August 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070822224947/http://www.byu.edu/oncampushousing/rooms.html |archive-date = August 22, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>