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[quote=Anonymous]I disagree that Americans are against speaking multiple languages. Learning a language requires practice and is an ongoing commitment to maintain it. It’s not like riding a bike or learning to swim, where once you learn it, that’s it, it magically stays with you. It needs being exposed to it by listening, reading, speaking, and there is just not enough incentives to do this in the US for foreign languages. If someone wants to put an extra effort, they can choose to watch Netflix in a foreign language, or choose to buy books in a foreign language or seek life long lessons. But I just don’t see why would someone do this, unless a person has links to a country with a foreign language. It’s different than living in a country where 2 or more languages are used regularly, where people are exposed on daily basis to 2 languages. It’s just not the same. [/quote]
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