Native Language Classes Aim to Ease Transition to English

[Stan-Sandy Anonby]

Yes, I suppose I was thinking of the way the term "immigrant" is used in Brazil. Here immigration from Europe basically died off several decades ago. By immigrants I was actually thinking of the children of these immigrants, who are moving to the cities and losing their immigrant language.

In Canada and the US, it could well be that immigration may result in a decrease in the
percentage of monolinguals.

Stan

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
 Aurolyn Luykx <aurolynluykx at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Stan,
>
> > I think the number of monolinguals in the New World
> is increasing, as indigenous people and immigrants
> switch to Spanish, English, and Portuguese only.
>
> Although of course, being IMMIGRANTS, they push up the
> numbers of bilinguals as they arrive and learn the L2.
> Their kids may well grow up monolingual, but as long
> as new waves of migrants continue to arrive (as they
> do), I think it can safely be said that immigrants
> contribute more to swelling the ranks of New World
> bilinguals, not diminishing them.
>
> > I would venture to
> > say that urbanization in the Americas results in
> > people becoming monolingual in Spanish, English, or
> > Portuguese in a relatively short time. However,
> > urbanizaton in Africa and Asia seems to me to have
> > the opposite effect.
>
> Good point!
> A.
>
>
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