Happy new year! Some language predictions for 2015 and beyond: predictions for 2015-and beyond: By the end of #2015, the number of #American homes where a #language other than #English is spoken will increase by three quarters of a million to nearly 65 million By the year 2020, #Spanish will be spoken by more than 40 million people in the U.S.-representing more than 10% of that year`s estimated population of over 300 million In 2015, #Chinese / #Mandarin will join Spanish, #German, #Italian and #French as one of the five most popular non-native languages for #Americans to learn-moving it ahead of both #Japanese and #Russian By 2020, English will become one of the top five non-native languages being learned by #Americans In 2015, the number of U.S. schools #K-12 incorporating language-learning #technology into their #classrooms will increase by double digits By the end of 2015, the number of #bilingual Major League #Baseball players will exceed 40% U.S. policy around #immigration and #diplomacy (as in #Cuba) will accelerate the considerable uptick of #Spanish language use in America during the term of the next president-whether Democrat or Republican
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