Multilingualism in the USA

Written by Alex Levin


Written on . Posted in Language Variation.

Times viewed: 2002

Tagged with: Language Variation, Multilingualism


The USA has great linguistic resources; however, they have always been ignored or even destroyed. The USA is predominantly a monolingual English-speaking country. The majority of the immigrants do not speak their native languages past two generations.

Indigenous languages of Native Americans disappear as fewer and fewer speakers of those languages continue using them in their daily activities. There are very few people in this country who are trying to learn non-English languages and even fewer who actually succeed in doing so. All these things happen because in the United States multilingualism is not receiving a proper support from the majority of the population and state/federal government.


Similar Articles


Join the conversation!

* required fields


images/Linguistics/Sociolinguistics_and_Education_Article_on_Language_Avenue.jpg

Sociolinguistics and Education

| Alex Levin | Language Policy
The application of sociolinguistics to educational problems is absolutely essential as it can help us better understand the relationships between l...

Become a Language Avenue member!

Get access to more articles, quizzes, and our free learning and teaching resources. Basic membership is free. Join us now! Create an account.


Subscribe to Our Newsletter

* required fields


Join us on social media!


© 2008- Language Avenue, ELLTA. All rights reserved.