Posts Tagged ‘learning English to survive’
Study debunks myth that early immigrants quickly learned English
Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:33 No CommentsUnited States: Joseph Salmons has always been struck by the pervasiveness of the argument. In his visits across Wisconsin, in many newspaper letters to the editor, and in the national debates raging over modern immigration, he encounters the same refrain: “My great, great grandparents came to America and quickly learned English to survive. Why can’t [...]