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Re: Interesting. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 25/09/2010 08:02:30 PM
Yeah, the US is rapidly becoming a bilingual country, and Spanish is conquering the world in its own way... it won't dethrone English, I don't think, but it's a rival at least.


In many better funded schools, public and private, kids are now starting Spanish in the early grades. My nieces (10 years old) started in first grade. I have been seeing that more and more.

When I was growing up the idea that kids would begin learning Spanish at any point before electing to take it in High School was unheard of.

Much of our product labeling on everyday products on store shelves is no in both languages as well. That started in the last five years and was (in my opinion) driven by economics - companies wanting to sell their products recognized the need for bilingual labels.

The scope of Spanish use in America has greatly increased in the last ten years but has really accelerated in the last five. Even I am pretty (impressed?) with the number of people I see trying to learn Spanish that would never have given a second language a thought a decade ago.
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American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 727 Views
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You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 285 Views
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Interesting - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 830 Views
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They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 647 Views
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