I’m from Canada, and English and French are our two official languages. So English-speaking schools start to teach french in grade 4 and vice versa. I know that English is America’s only official language but Spanish is taught in school…so when do students begin to learn Spanish? In high school? Is learning Spanish mandatory?
When do Americans learn Spanish in school?
– September 22, 2011Posted in: Q & A
Spanish is actually not the only language taught in American schools. Most schools will at least have the two options of French and Spanish, and bigger schools will have more options even, like Japanese, Italian, German, the list goes on. Most of the time, it is taught in high school, but on occasion it can start being taught as early as late middle school/jr. high years. Whether or not it is mandatory really depends on the school, I’ve known of some schools where it is and some where it isn’t. However, in order to get into the best colleges you should do language classes in high school. Most colleges require that you take at least 2 years in high school before you can enroll in their college classes. It really depends though, some require more, some require less. At my high school 2 years of either French or Spanish was pretty much the standard, so I chose Spanish.
High school. I think most schools require two years. I took four years, by choice though.
its when ever the parents what them to learn i think and no its not mandatory.
yes they start teaching you in highschool. There are a variety of languages you can choose from; Spanish, French, German, Japanese etc…Yes it is mandatory that you take 2 years of foreign language to graduate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States
Language ranking in USA
English -1st
Spanish – 2nd
Chinese – 3rd
French -4th
The full list of Home spoken languages from Wikipaedia
English – 215 million
Spanish – 28 million
Chinese languages – 2.0 million + (mostly Cantonese speakers, with a growing group of Mandarin speakers)
French – 1.6 million
German – 1.4 million (High German) + German dialects like Hutterite German, Texas German, Pennsylvania German, Plautdietsch
Italian – 1.3 million
Tagalog – 1.2 million + (Most Filipinos may also know other Philippine languages, e.g. Ilokano, Pangasinan, Bikol languages, and Visayan languages)
Vietnamese – 1.01 million
Korean – 890,000
Russian – 710,000
Polish – 670,000
Arabic – 610,000
Portuguese – 560,000
Japanese – 480,000
French Creole – 450,000 (mostly Louisiana Creole French – 334,500)
Greek – 370,000
Hindi – 320,000
Persian – 310,000
Urdu – 260,000
Gujarati – 240,000
Armenian – 200,000
Punjabi – 200,000