[steven]

Originally Posted by masaegu

10,504 people; Teens thru over-50.

If you find that graph surprising, Graph # 3 in the link will give you a heartattack.

http://www.myvoice.co.jp/biz/surveys/10211/index.html

Actually, I don't find that hard to believe at all, considering that only 2% are １０代. I'm sure that some of the 20代 are in college, but only some... and I'm not sure if all of them are studying a foreign language. 10代 + 20代＝21%. People studying a foreign language = more than 24%. That's not too bad. As StonerPenguin pointed out, Americans aren't all that inclined to learn a foreign language.... in my experience only 2 years of high school were necessary! Other than that, nothing. At any rate, that would have been a much more interesting survey had they split the results by age group. Thanks for the statistics though, they're always interesting to look at.