Just curious, what second languages do English native speakers learn?
Almost always the wrong one, which is a large part of why native English speakers show little enthusiasm for learning a second language at school. At school I had to sit through French, German and Latin classes. The first foreign language I ever had any use for was Cantonese.
Seems like everyone in US speaks some sort of Spanish, guess it might be too many Mexicans here. In the McDonalds closest to my place all employees are speaking Spanish with each other.
BlueSkull,
I recall a movie stars being interviewed about Tibet as some military action was on going during his trip, I recalled his saying: "I understand China and the Chinese, I spend 3 days in Beijing..."
I think you said you are living in California LA area. America is a large country. What is going on around LA is not reflective of the entire country. From region to region, people talk different, act different, and even look different. Most Northerner can tell a Chinese from Texas just by his look and the way he carry himself.
My kid grew up in the north-east. As such, like you, largely coastal. So, I often remind her: until you spend some time in the "fly over country", you don't yet understand most of America. Try visiting the mountain states, the mid west, the south, the Appalachian, the Ozarks... All those regions are distinct. I hope you will find the opportunity to see the rest of America some day. It will give you a different view of what is America.
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Now after half a page of how the answer wont apply...)
As to your question, around big cities, probably a lot of them do learn Spanish. Elsewhere, Latin, French, German and Mandarin are very popular second languages. Based on friends from Alaska and Hawaii, I believe Japanese is perhaps the most popular second language there.
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