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It has 39 sponsors and has been sent to committees in both the House and the Senate. I find these measures marks of high ignorance. While I think anyone who lives in this country should learn English fluently, these laws are akin to making it law that leaves have to change colors and fall of the trees in Autumn. It's going to happen whether you make it law or not.
By the third generation after immigration the original language is usually lost. There is no mythical tipping point for Spanish, just like there wasn't one for German, or Gaelic, or Yiddish, or Italian.
In fact, many places are striving to KEEP this from happening because they regret the loss of the original language among their children and grandchildren.
For example: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal...accno=ED525386
It has 39 sponsors and has been sent to committees in both the House and the Senate. I find these measures marks of high ignorance. While I think anyone who lives in this country should learn English fluently, these laws are akin to making it law that leaves have to change colors and fall of the trees in Autumn. It's going to happen whether you make it law or not.
By the third generation after immigration the original language is usually lost. There is no mythical tipping point for Spanish, just like there wasn't one for German, or Gaelic, or Yiddish, or Italian.
In fact, many places are striving to KEEP this from happening because they regret the loss of the original language among their children and grandchildren.
For example: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal...accno=ED525386
Abstract: Spanish is being lost at an alarming rate in the United States, for most immigrant families within two to three generations of arrival. Previous research indicates that the third generation of Hispanic immigrants typically becomes English monolingual (Veltman 2000; Appel & Muysken 1987; Fishman 1978).
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