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At a time when Spanish and French programs face declining enrollments (by a third of their enrollments since 2009) and acute teacher shortages, integrated plurilingual pathways offer a transformative solution. Teaching Spanish and French together through metacognitive pedagogy, intercultural pedagogy, and translanguaging practices develops transferable learning strategies rather than just vocabulary. Students cultivate metalinguistic awareness by analyzing cognates, grammatical parallels, and structural differences across Romance languages-strengthening English literacy while building cognitive flexibility that enhances performance across all disciplines. Critically, teachers need not master both languages. Spanish or French teachers can lead plurilingual classrooms as experienced co-learners, modeling expert language learning strategies through AI-enhanced tools and collaborative teaching arrangements. This teacher-as-learner model validates heritage speakers' linguistic knowledge, deconstructs English-only monolingualism ideology, and develops student autonomy. Rather than defending separate programs competing for resources, plurilingual frameworks demonstrate measurable cognitive benefits and efficient resource use. This makes flexible language education essential and transforms the teacher shortage from an obstacle into a 21st-century sustainable opportunity.

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