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Languages Students Learn In The United States

Which languages would you like to learn?

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Languages Students Learn In The United States​


America is full of diversity, and this is one of the reasons why there are several languages taught in US schools and universities.

Many students can speak a second language in America due to the diversity of cultures present within the country.

Many Americans dive into a new language during their university years, but what are the most common languages taught in US schools?

From Chinese to Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Arabic, and American Sign Language, students learn a wide range of new languages during their university years.

While people think Americans are monolingual and do not have any interest in learning a new language at all, this isn't true! On the contrary, several popular languages are taught to students all over America.
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What Languages Are Taught in American Schools

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Or which languages would you like your children to learn?
 
Rumpel said:
Or which languages would you like your children to learn?
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I learned how to speak American and that's it. Idk what all these other "languages" are I've never heard of any of them.
 
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I knew some Italian... (parents and grandparents)... And in HS and college I took 4 years of French...

I was never fluent in either... But I could understand some..

Now? I'm 70 years old.. I can barely follow English... Lol
 
Now 2 of 2 say: Spanish
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
I knew some Italian... (parents and grandparents)... And in HS and college I took 4 years of French...
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My mother language is Alemannic.
My first "foreign language" was standard German :)
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Iirc u said you're German
. Born in Germany? Where did you pick up English?
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Yes - born in Germany.
In the Black Forest, where the Alemannic dialect is spoken - more like Swiss German.

My English I picked up in England and in Scotland. :)
 
1. Everyone should learn Spanish.

a. I can speak a little Spanish.
b. I can read Spanish a little better.
c. I cannot understand Spanish unless the speaker uses standard Spanish (no idioms, please) and speaks very slowly.

2. I cannot speak or understand spoken (Mandarin) Chinese.
a. I can read simple Chinese with a dictionary at my side.
b. I can write Chinese and probably get my ideas across, but the reader will laugh and laugh at my mistakes!!!
 
I'm no expert... But I think it's safe to say English is now the universal language..

Between the British bivwacking all over the world for 400 years, or whatever...

And American business, music, movies, entertainment, all in English...

I think it's safe to say English is pretty popular... Lol
 
Rumpel said:

Languages Students Learn In The United States​




What Languages Are Taught in American Schools

Eager to learn a new language? Please read this blog and find out what languages are taught in American high schools, essential facts about them, and benefits.
www.superprof.com www.superprof.com
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Generally none, not even English.
Forty-some years ago my answer would have been more optimistic.
 
Rumpel said:
Yes - born in Germany.
In the Black Forest, where the Alemannic dialect is spoken - more like Swiss German.

My English I picked up in England and in Scotland. :)
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Agggghhhh, you speak Sweiss-Deutsch? HAHAHAH!!! eekDP.gif.gif
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
you speak Sweiss-Deutsch?
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No, I don't. :)
I can understand it well, but I dont speak it.

I take pride to say I speak the Black Forest variation of Alemannic. :)
Much like it is still spoken across the Rhine from here in Alsace - called Elsässerditsch there,

In Switzerland they speak Swiss Alemannic.
But they call it Schweizerdeutsch or Schwizzerditsch. :)

And in Vorarlberg they speak Austrian Alemannic. :)
 
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So they say. :)
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In college my French language teacher was fluent in English, French, German, Spanish and Hebrew..

He flat out said the worse was English.. Terrible language to learn.. Much of English makes no sense..
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
He flat out said the worse was English.. Terrible language to learn.. Much of English makes no sense..
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Here I must defend English.
It is a wonderful and beautiful language - if it is spoken in a fine way. :)
And it does make a lot of sense.
And it is witty in the best sense of the word. :)
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Iirc u said you're German
. Born in Germany?
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Yes.
And may I introduce my mother language - spoken in 6 European countries:
Germany, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Northern Italy.


Alemannic dialects are spoken by approximately ten million people in several countries:

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Alemannic German - Wikipedia

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