Does Coding Count as a Foreign Language?
From philosophical, pedagogical, and functional standpoints, absolutely not; from a practical standpoint of whether to offer credit, why the hell not? It&#x27;s not like US schools seriously endeavor to teach students to usefully speak a foreign language in schools and the students could arguably benefit more per hour from just learning simple ideas related to coding.<p>As someone who loves coding and natural languages it&#x27;s a bit disheartening to see the two put into a cage match for budget money but I can&#x27;t be too sad about more people having the opportunity to learn about the machines that increasingly run their lives.<p>No one in the article makes a serious claim that learning to code provides the same kind of education as a foreign language but they do include a bit of Code.org&#x27;s explanation of why CS is not a Foreign Language. While I can see why the blog post is good to have as a resource its inclusion seems to imply that someone is suggesting that CS and FL education provide similar benefits.