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  • June 2008

    • Latino Voters: Four Myths

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jun 30, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      Latino Voters: Four Myths

      Pundits are way off on Hispanic voters, writes Arian Campo-Flores in Newsweek . Four common misconceptions: Immigration is everything. A recent survey showed that education, health care, the economy, and crime were more important in the demographic. Recent immigrants are most likely to care about immigration—and least likely to be voters. More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • immigration  • the Hispanic vote  • Spanish  • swing voters

  • March 2008

    • Miami Needs to Study Spanish

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 3, 08 1:30 PM CST

      Miami Needs to Study Spanish

      Miami's role as an international city—the "financial hub of Latin America," as one businessman calls it—is threatened by its residents' declining Spanish skills, the Miami Herald reports. Many descendants of the Cuban entrepreneurs and businessmen who flooded South Florida in the '60s and '70s speak only "kitchen Spanish"—good enough to talk to grandma, but not for business transactions. More »

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      immigrant  • Miami  • language  • Latinos  • Hispanics  • Spanish  • Cuban Americans  • bilingual education

  • November 2007

    • Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 30, 07 5:40 AM CST

      Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

      Although many Spanish-speaking immigrants who moved to America know little English, that's not true of their children and grandchildren, according to a new Pew survey. Only 23% of first-generation immigrants said they were competent in English, but 88% of second-generation and 94% of third-generation residents said they can carry on a conversation in English very well. More »

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      immigration  • immigrant  • language  • Latinos  • English  • Spanish  • bilingual education

    • Arabic, Asian Languages Gaining More US Students

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 14, 07 10:00 AM CST

      Arabic, Asian Languages Gaining More US Students

      American students are studying Arabic and Asian languages more than ever before, according to a Modern Language Association survey. Spanish has been the most studied language since 1995, still with more than 50% of students, but Arabic is fastest-growing, jumping 126.5% from 2002 to 2006—making up 1.5% of all language enrollments. Overall, modern language study was up 13%. More »

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      language  • Chinese  • Spanish  • Koreans  • Arabic

  • September 2007

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