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The tables below provide a list of second languages most frequently taught in
American schools and colleges. They reflect the popularity of these languages in terms of the total number of enrolled students in the
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509:(i.e., primary and secondary schools). The tables correspond to the 18.5% (some 8.9 million) of all K-12 students in the U.S. (about 49 million) who take foreign-language classes.
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1488:"Others" includes (in order of quantity) Native American languages, Korean, Filipino, Arabic, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Hebrew, Polish, Turkish, Swahili and Hindi.
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1531:"Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Summer 2016 and Fall 2016 Preliminary Report"
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1503:"Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in US Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2021"
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87:
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82:
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List of countries where
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Most commonly learned foreign languages in the U.S.
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1529:Looney, Dennis; Lusin, Natalia (February 2018).
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682:Below are the top foreign languages studied in
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263:Constituency
235:interpreting
73:Lexicography
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1612:Methodology
1474:October 17,
938:Grades K-12
527:Percentage
435:Terminology
410:Orthography
330:Usage-based
231:Translating
126:Acquisition
31:Linguistics
1986:Categories
1949:Statistics
1920:Pit Corder
1910:Betty Azar
1903:Key people
1821:Assessment
1761:Dictogloss
1700:Silent way
1515:2024-08-17
1439:References
1071:Languages
1022:2007–2008
985:2004–2005
948:Languages
883:Portuguese
556:1,254,243
540:6,418,331
405:Orismology
290:Functional
278:Generative
268:Dependency
88:Pragmatics
78:Morphology
68:Diachronic
1930:Rod Ellis
1343:Japanese
1326:Japanese
1224:Japanese
1201:Japanese
1049:Japanese
1012:Japanese
925:1,182,562
702:Language
665:8,907,201
521:Language
380:Iconicity
375:Etymology
295:Cognitive
258:Formalist
211:Phonetics
201:Philology
93:Semantics
83:Phonology
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1334:Spanish
1314:Spanish
1306:Italian
1294:Spanish
1286:Italian
1274:Spanish
1266:Italian
1254:Spanish
1241:Italian
1232:Spanish
1221:Italian
1212:Spanish
1204:Italian
1192:Spanish
1183:Japanese
1179:Italian
1170:Spanish
1159:Italian
1150:Spanish
1137:Russian
1131:Spanish
1025:Spanish
988:Spanish
753:Japanese
744:107,899
731:135,088
718:584,453
649:489,356
600:Japanese
588:205,158
572:395,019
181:Forensic
161:Distance
108:Typology
23:a series
21:Part of
1848:DIALANG
1540:July 2,
1346:German
1337:French
1323:German
1317:French
1303:German
1297:French
1280:German
1277:French
1260:German
1257:French
1238:German
1235:French
1218:German
1215:French
1198:German
1195:French
1176:German
1173:French
1156:German
1153:French
1134:German
1128:French
1117:Italian
1112:Russian
1102:Spanish
1037:German
1031:French
1000:German
994:French
912:31,302
874:10,442
861:11,433
848:17,598
844:Russian
835:19,270
822:19,472
809:22,918
796:45,182
792:Italian
783:46,492
779:Chinese
770:53,543
757:65,661
714:Spanish
646:Others
636:12,389
632:Russian
620:59,860
616:Chinese
604:72,845
559:14.08%
543:72.06%
536:Spanish
136:Applied
46:History
41:Outline
1162:Latin
1107:German
1097:French
1043:Latin
1006:Latin
900:4,125
887:7,684
831:Korean
805:Arabic
766:German
727:French
652:5.49%
639:0.14%
623:0.67%
607:0.82%
591:2.30%
575:4.43%
568:German
552:French
451:Portal
349:Topics
98:Syntax
1894:TESOL
1868:UCLES
1863:TOEIC
1858:TOEFL
1853:IELTS
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1209:1998
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1167:1990
1147:1980
1141:Latin
1125:1968
1093:1960
1068:Year
1034:14.1
1028:72.1
997:15.0
991:72.9
945:Year
920:Total
818:Latin
699:Rank
660:Total
584:Latin
518:Rank
496:Lists
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1542:2018
1476:2015
1052:0.8
1046:2.3
1040:4.4
1015:0.7
1009:2.6
1003:4.2
670:100%
501:K-12
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