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According to a Gallup poll, only 25% of Americans possess the ability to conduct a conversation in a language other than English. According to the Modern Language Association (MLA), only 8.1% of U.S. college and university students are enrolled in a course in a language other than English, and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) reports that only 18.5% of K-12 students study a foreign language. The United States has no official language.
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Stein-Smith, K. (2016). The Current Status of Languages in the United States. In: The U.S. Foreign Language Deficit. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34159-0_1
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