actually speaking a language. this is fantastic. i wish i was i wish i was a little better at a second language, but this is something that has grown in the u.s. over the past decade. take a look at this. according to the u.s. census in 1980 only 11% of americans lived in homes where language other than english was spoken. in 2007 that doubled to 20%. any lng languages better suited for the american culture to learn? right now there are about 440 bilingual schools in the u.s. the most popular language being offered in those schools is spanish. surprisingly, mandarin is a close second with french a distant third. so, french, row romance language, falling behind mandarin, which would be the business language. yes, it would. when we talk about the success rate of kids actually retaining this, any research that says how well kids retain this? you say it needs to be something