How do Americans learn foreign languages? Too lazy to learn!

In the early years, British immigrants brought their own language to all directions when they migrated in the vast land, which is now the United States. Britain and the United States, two emerging world powers, brought their own languages to various places when they expanded their influence around the world. In China and other Asian countries, students' enthusiasm for learning English is increasing instead of decreasing. English has been regarded as a compulsory course since childhood, and it will accompany many people to study for life. Learning Chinese will give many Americans a headache, but in America, many Americans are unwilling to learn foreign languages. Although most American students have actually received foreign language education, they usually lack coherence. In some parts of the United States, the design of foreign language courses may not be perfect. Different from some countries such as China, foreign language courses in different parts of the United States have different educational standards. The federal government encourages certain educational courses, but does not require a certain subject. Therefore, foreign language teaching varies greatly across the country. Generally speaking, students receive basic foreign language education for one or two years in primary school or junior high school, and then have courses for one or two years in high school. Some senior high schools offer advanced foreign language courses. In universities, foreign language is a compulsory course to obtain some degrees, and there are also more in-depth foreign language teaching courses aimed at fluency. But on the whole, most students are not fluent. Americans don't like learning foreign languages because they are of little use. The widespread use of English in the world may also reduce the need for Americans to learn other languages. Nowadays, no matter where they go in the world, most Americans can talk to people around them without using other languages. French and German are not valued by them. Learning Chinese and Japanese, which are more difficult to learn, wastes time and energy. Even their English brother's "standard English" accent is unwilling to learn more. In the minds of many Americans, learning a foreign language has little to do with whether the country is strong or not. For the profound China people, Americans are really confused. Until the 1970s, there was almost no communication between China and the United States, so the motivation and opportunities for Americans to learn and use Chinese were almost zero. The earliest immigrants from China in the United States came from Hongkong, and Cantonese, Mandarin and even other dialects of Chinese puzzled Americans. The widespread use of English makes Americans not worry. English has become a common language in international trade and many industries, including civil aviation pilots and doctors. It is also widely used in science and engineering. Business people who are interested in participating in global competition often use English or provide English translation on the Internet. English has become a politically neutral language in some countries, and the use of local dialects in these countries will aggravate ethnic tensions. The widespread use of English makes communication between people all over the world barrier-free, and its importance is obvious. Americans are born with this skill, so most Americans can adapt to their culture and are not in a hurry to strengthen their language functions. It seems that Americans are a bit "culturally arrogant". Although they seldom learn foreign languages, they have not forgotten to keep pace with the times. They will spend a lot of precious time on the research of language translation system and a lot of time and money on the research of multilingual translation machine, and the results are not bad. Americans' attitudes towards foreign languages are also controversial. For the United States, which has no official language and its national characteristics are not formed by ethnic groups or races, it needs an official language as a link to unite the country, and English can easily be pushed to the first place. However, some people think that it is a cohesive national feature to respect the differences of world languages and diversify American languages.