Media tip: Heritage language non-learners in Arizona

sm167 Scott_G_McGINNIS at umail.umd.edu
Wed May 7 17:58:00 UTC 2003


With thanks to Peter McBride of Gage Learning (via Shuhan Wang) for the
tip...

YOUNG HISPANICS LEARNING ENLGISH ONLY
A growing number of American Hispanics no longer can speak Spanish,
which they believe causes older members of the Hispanic community
to look down upon them. Some academics say that before the 1960s
Spanish speakers felt they were discriminated against, so they abandoned
the language in order to assimilate, and thus never taught Spanish
to their children. THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC (Phoenix), 5 May 2003 - website
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic.



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