Lessons From 'Inglorious Bastards': Ten Easy Ways To Learn A Language

With a nod to Diane Kruger’s famous line from Inglorious Bastards — “I know this is stupid question, but can you Americans speak any other languages besides English?”— it is commonly acknowledged that we Americans are not well-known for our language skills.  And although the growing Hispanic population in America seems to be making the United States a more bilingual country, we still lag behind most other nations.  Chalk it up to the oceans on either side of our coasts or the fact that one of our biggest exports is our English music and movies, but we are quite English-centric.