Talk:List of most commonly learned second languages in the United States

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This list does not give the total of all college students in the USA. Also, a similar article on foreign languages learned at elementary, middle and highschool level would be nice too. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.227.172.249 (talk) 12:00, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Broken link in first source

The first source is fubar, can't find it anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.83.77.2 (talk) 17:15, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Fixed by going to the Wayback Machine, but, as noted in the "More recent" section, we need newer data. Guy Harris (talk) 17:30, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

More recent

Could someone please give a more recent list. 2006 is 7 years ago. Also, Arabic is misplaced in the list; it should be 10th rather than 8th.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 16:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

There is an updated list for Fall 2013 at http://www.mla.org/pdf/2013_enrollment_survey.pdf but my HTML table-editing skills are no good — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peepeedia (talk • contribs) 00:02, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

This page needs updating; In recent years, students have been called upon to perform songs in American Sign Language, and instruction in Mandarin Chinese has become more common nationwide. Tyrekecorrea (talk) 17:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 16 June 2023

List of most commonly learned foreign languages in the United States → List of most commonly learned languages in the United States – American Sign Language isn't a foreign language. Cherrell410 (talk) 01:01, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

You're correct of course, but the most commonly learned language in the US is English, so I don't think the proposed title fits either. One of the sources uses "languages other than English" which is too clunky for a title IMO, and the other uses "other languages" (in context of a paper about foreign languages, and that's where the ASL data is written). I'm not sure what a good solution would be here. WPscatter ^t/_c 04:25, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

What about List of most commonly learned second languages in The United States? Would that tick all the boxes? Suggest relisting to discuss. Andrewa (talk) 01:54, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

I think that actually would be a more accurate title, since the sources seem to exclude learning foreign languages at home (i.e. as a first language). (But note that the T in "the United States" should be lowercase in your link.) WPscatter ^t/_c 02:07, 23 June 2023 (UTC)