[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Latino ELL study

[Lesley Farmer]

English fluency rises dramatically in second-generation
HispanicsAlthough foreign-born Hispanics may struggle to speak English
well, 88% of their children are fluent and 94% of subsequent
generations speak English fluently while losing most of their Spanish,
according to a four-year series of surveys of more than 14,000 adult
Hispanics in the U.S.Pew Hispanic Center. (2007). English Usage Among
Hispanics in the United States. Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic
Center.http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=82

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 11/30/2007 06:20:00
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