"Even in your example, English is a given. "
But so is Spanish. Don't be so short-sighted as to believe that Spanish is going away. When Hispanics account for the largest growing minority (recently a majority in Texas), yo can rest assured that major corporations are not going to ignore that demographic.
If it takes Spanish commercials and signs that say "Se Habla Espanol", you know smart businesses are going to do it. That is why you hear the prompts press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish.
But my hispanic friends' grandparents HAD to learn and use English because in their day there was no "press 2 for Spanish".
We're spoon-feeding today's Spanish-speaking immigrants, and they're not assimilating as well as the Asians, for instance, who don't get the "press 2 for Chinese" option.
Agree one hundred percent...I had a translator translate my lease into Spanish...its been great for the bottom line.