Why are there relatively less american people learn Chinese as foreign language?

Answer 1

Most Americans begin learning a second language in high school at a public schools. The majority of public schools in the US only offer basic Romantic languages such as Spanish and French. Latin and German are less common than Spanish and French, but are more comman than asian languages.

The reason being Asian languages are vastly different from English and extememly difficult for English speakers to master later in life. It takes more than a couple hours a week in a high school setting to get a decent grasp on the sounds of the languages, much less actually speaking it understandably. So, most schools choose to not even make it an option.

Answer 2

At this point in time English is the international language of business. In a hundred years, after China has become the world leader in trade and technology, it might be different. For now everybody in the world learns English for business reasons.

Answer 3

Some schools in my area offer Chinese, unfortunately not mine. Anyway it's not going to be necessary after awhile, considering that in a decade or so, there'll be more people speaking English in China than people in America. ^_^

Answer 4

Ying wei zhongguo hua hen nan xue shuo....because it is a difficult language to learn...