This disturbing statistics show the need to dramatically expand ESL classes, adult literacy courses, and workplace English programs. Right?
"Hispanic immigrants struggle the most with English literacy. Their average score falls at the 8th percentile, and 63% are below basic."
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They don't want to learn English
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I've asked people (who speak spanish) You've been here for 25 years and you don't? They tell me they didn't have to
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I agree. esl takes a lot of resources
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Because it is too easy to get along without English. In the 19th century there were no translator services, social services, welfare.
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My family came here from PR in 1947. They immersed themselves and became fluent speakers. Stop giving hammocks. Force them to learn English
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Translations are readily available for Spanish speakers in California.
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It adjusts after the first generation Americans. Yeah, imagine trying to learn another language in a new land...
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