Need for English divides immigrants
“Based on a survey of ESL providers in 22 cities, including Newark, the study found 57.4 percent had waiting lists”
“It is one of the key issues driving the debate over immigration reform, the litmus test on whether immigrants are assimilating into U.S. society, a growing controversy, the subject of many arguments. It is “el idioma ingles” or “la langue anglaise” or “la lingua inglese.”
Or, as we know it here at home, the English language.
At a time when learning English has become a politically charged issue — Congress is stalled over an immigration reform bill that would make English the “national” language and require immigrants to learn it to gain legal status — a new study says the federal government is not allocating sufficient resources for English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.”
SOURCE: More information in Spanish / Mas informacíon en Español
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August 13th, 2006
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