I think so because when i go to other countries I would love to know what they are saying and be able to speak the same language as them
2007-01-14 11:40:44 · 14 answers · asked by bee bee boo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I know they alresy do. i mean like start in grade school. they should. i understand that English is a world wide language. but their are other languages too.
2007-01-14 11:49:54 · update #1
Im taking Spanish right now. I have been taking it for a yearand a half. I already know a lot of Spanish.
2007-01-14 11:52:03 · update #2
I understand that English should remain are offical language. im not saying that we should change the language of the United States.
2007-01-14 11:53:48 · update #3
Yea, some American school-systems need to stop being lazy and teach more languages!
In my middle school, they don't teach any languages!!!! Yet, this girl in New Jersey has been learning Spanish for a year. (We're in the same grade; 8th.)
Anyway, I didn't learn a second language in elementary either . . .
In high school, I am running after Spanish! (They better teach it there!)
2007-01-14 13:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it should not be required. English is our language. However our high schools offer a variety of languages for free and and you can also learn different languages in college and private schools. If you want to learn another language it should not be a problem.
2007-01-14 11:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by jim h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US does teach more than one language. My school started teaching spanish at grade three. at grade eight, you got a choice of continuing spanish or taking french. By ninth grade, you could take latin, spanish, or french. In other schools, I've heard they also teach german and japanese.
2007-01-14 12:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well we do teach more than one language but not all studentstake advantage of the opportunity. I think schools should be teaching foreign langauges, French Spanish, Italian
as soon as students are confident with reading.
2007-01-14 11:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by musiclady007 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We should. I speak a dialect of Dutch, which isn't very useful to me here. My mom and dad and sister spoke it at home only. My relatives speak 2 to 4 languages.( That aside, everything here should be conducted in english.)
2007-01-14 11:48:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are only so many hours that children are in school, other than teaching grammar, spelling, and English as a second language so that children can function in the neighborhood they reside in, other classes like math, science, history would have to be replaced
2007-01-14 12:00:46 · answer #6 · answered by lepke 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
other languages are taught in school! english is the official language and should remain so...come to our country, know OUR language. the same in any other country!!!
2007-01-14 11:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by Love my Family <3 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. This way, Americans would have a better understanding when they travel or foreigners come to America
2007-01-15 04:20:43 · answer #8 · answered by 14 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Everyone in this country is so uncultured. I've been taking French for two years, and if I would've started as child, I'd be fluent in it by now.
2007-01-14 11:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by Robert B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whadda yah mean? They teach other languages in high school and college.
2007-01-14 11:44:36 · answer #10 · answered by Nicol 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋