US: Foreign language speakers on the rise</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="US: Foreign language speakers on the rise"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="US,Foreign,language,speakers,on,the,rise"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">13-09-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>US: Foreign language speakers on the rise</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (NC Times): The number of local residents who speak a foreign language at home or say they don't have a command of English is on the rise, according to U.S. Census Bureau data illustrating the wide-ranging effects of immigration. Nationwide, nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to a report from the American Community Survey taken last year by the U.S. Census. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/12/news/top_stories/1_02_439_11_07.txt" target="blank">www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/12/news/top_stories/1_02_439_11_07.txt</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show