From a Humanities Indicators E-Newsletter:
To support the work of the American Academy’s Commission on Language Learning, the Indicators updated three items on interaction with languages other than English in the U.S. and sponsored a forum on language immersion programs in the public schools
- From 1980 to 2014, the percentage of Americans age 18 or older who were multilingual rose from 9.2% to 15.7%
- 79% of U.S. secondary schools offer classes in languages other than English
- Among the most commonly taken languages at the college level, only American Sign Language had grown from 2009 to 2013
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