The Modern Language Association of America, MLA, informs us that more students are studying languages than ever before. Director of MLA, Rosemary G. Feal said, “Students are clearly recognizing the importance of learning other languages...” A surveyed funded by the Department of Education revealed that since 1998 that an increase of 17.9% of students studying a foreign language. The percentages are higher since 1972 when only 8.7% of America’s population was enrolled in language classes. Furthermore, an increase of 8% of less commonly learned languages were being taught by the year 2002 in comparison to 1999.
The U.S. is becoming a more global society and staying in communication with immigrants that come this country is a necessity. According to WSJ, in order to stay relevant especially if you own a business one needs to be able to communicate with people of other ethnicities. People believe that not everybody needs to learn to speak a different language and are still convinced that living in America English needs to be the primary language. Perhaps English will stay as the country’s first language, but many are still preparing themselves by learning other languages and expanding their