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Twenty-one of the top 25 industrialized countries begin the study of world languages in grades K-5.
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The majority of U.S. students
begin studying a second language at age 14.
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Only 14% of U.S. students
consider themselves bilingual.
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80% of students in Europe speak
at least 2 languages.
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Of the 55 million students in U.S. public schools, only 50,000 students study Chinese Mandarin - a language spoken by over 1 billion people.