Question

Multi-lingual homes



A multi-lingual population is already the case in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States. Indeed, the Census Bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish leading, and Chinese growing fast.

And that linguistic diversity, in turn, has helped spark calls to make English the nation’s official language.

Linguist Stephen Anderson noted that multilingualism is “more or less the natural state. In most of the world multilingualism is the normal condition of people.”

“The notion that English shouldn’t, needn’t and probably won’t displace local languages seems natural to me,” he said in a telephone interview.

While it is important to learn English, he added, politicians and educators need to realize that doesn’t mean abandoning the native language.

Graddol anticipates a world where the share of people who are native English speakers slips from 9 percent in the mid-twentieth century to 5 percent in 2050.



3. Com a cultura bilingue atual e seguindo a ideia exposta no texto acima, podemos afirmar que:

Cada americano fala 5 línguas diferentes.

As pessoas devem aprender inglês e abandonar a sua língua nativa

Um a cada cinco Americanos falam outra língua além do inglês.

O número de nativos da língua inglesa irá crescer 5 por cento até 2050.

Mandarim irá substituir o inglês daqui uns anos.

Answer 1

Resposta:

Um a cada cinco Americanos falam outra língua além do Inglês.

Explicação: