I have 2 questions:
What foreign language you know ?(This question is available if you are US Citizen)
How much americans know a foreign language ?(Other than English)
2007-11-26 04:44:31 · 16 answers · asked by andrei.teller 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Spanish
2007-11-26 04:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dep. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I speak four languages: English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. I can read and write in English, Spanish and Portuguese, but not French. Living in South Florida, I can tell you that there are many Americans that speak Spanish, as a second language, probably because of the Hispanic influence in this area.
2007-11-26 04:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by Millie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Spanish, French at an intermediate level, Mandarin at a beginner level and Hindi at a I-just-began-studying-it level, lol.
Without counting languages spoken by immigrants [whether citizens or not] I would say Spanish and French are the most common languages to be LEARNED in the US because those are the ones taught at public schools. I don't know the numbers.
2007-11-26 04:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pancha Pistolas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only know English fluently, but I am learning German and Spanish now, and hope to learn french and Swedish.
I don't think that enough Americans know another language other then English. I wish I had started years ago on learning German and Spanish.
Hope it Helps
2007-11-26 05:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by compkid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is my native language. I spent a year of high school in Costa Rica learning Spanish... while I am not really fluent any more I can read and understand in most situations... then I spent a summer studying French near Geneva, Switzerland.
I think more Americans need to study abroad and learn the language of their host country..
When I was teaching Art I took a group of students to Munich, Germany for 6 weeks... in the six weeks prior to our departure I hired a German tutor so I could learn enough German to do simple transactions... and any of my students could take advantage of the tutor... For those of us who took advantage of the tutor our time in Munich was much more pleasant as a result of just a limited knowledge of German.
2007-11-26 04:57:46 · answer #5 · answered by edzerne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. French, German, learning Spanish and Portugese
2. not sure, there are many citizens who are 1st generation Americans and speak their native tongue in addition to English--of course in those cases, English is the foreign language.
2007-11-26 04:50:26 · answer #6 · answered by Invisigoth 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I also speak Spanish, and I don't know how many Americans speak a foreign language
2007-11-26 04:49:47 · answer #7 · answered by karma 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Spanish, Italian, french, portuguese, turkish, dutch...and not a lot of americans know several foreign languages
2007-11-26 05:09:46 · answer #8 · answered by la_babydmartin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Afrikaans, German, Dutch, English and Mandarin
I'm an American. Everyone in my family speaks at least two languages.
2007-11-26 04:48:59 · answer #9 · answered by sahel578 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know Spanish very well and can speak French
to some degree. I also have a working knowledge
of German, Russian and Hebrew.
I don't know the answer to your second question.
2007-11-26 04:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋