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Which of the following languages do you think should be taught in our public schools?

#1 Spanish		73 (92.4%)
#2 French		46 (58.2%)
#3 Mandarin Chinese		61 (77.2%)
#4 Arabic		33 (41.8%)
#5 German		29 (36.7%)
#6 Italian		10 (12.7%)
#7 Portuguese		8 (10.1%)
#8 Russian		18 (22.8%)
#9 Japanese		10 (12.7%)
#10 Korean		5 (6.3%)
#11 American Sign Language		18 (22.8%)
#12 Modern Hebrew		4 (5.1%)
#13 Ancient Hebrew		5 (6.3%)
#14 Ancient Greek		5 (6.3%)
#15 Latin		17 (21.5%)
#16 other (please specify)		6 (7.6%)

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Topic: Foreign Languages Taught in US Public Schools (Read 2428 times)

Frodo
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	Foreign Languages Taught in US Public Schools « on: June 21, 2015, 05:56:35 PM »
	« edited: June 21, 2015, 06:07:04 PM by Frodo »

I only listed the top 15 languages other than English according to this site. And you can only pick the top 5 that you think should be given the greatest emphasis.

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Frodo
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Re: Foreign Languages Taught in US Public Schools

« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2015, 06:25:32 PM »

Quote from: ingemann on July 16, 2015, 06:58:23 AM

French, German, Portuguese and Italian are relative easy for another Indo-European to become fluent in, but they suffer from not especially useful to Americans.

In the case of French, I'd have to disagree with you. Africa is set to begin (or at least accelerate) its economic rise within the next few decades, and with a burgeoning population it would make sense for Americans to prioritize French (given it's the most widely spoken language on the continent besides English) in addition to Spanish.

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