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Trajectories of English Acquisition among Foreign-born Spanish-Language Children in the United States

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type="main" xml:id="imre12119-abs-0001"> The rapidity with which immigrant children learn the dominant language of their country of residence has important short-term and long-term consequences for their educational achievements and for their future. In this paper I use U.S. Census data to model trajectories of English acquisition among foreign-born children living in Spanish-language households. The results show, as expected, that children's English proficiency increases with length of residence in the United States. However, the results also show a clear trend by age at arrival. The older children are when they arrive in the United States, the less rapid their progress in acquiring proficiency in English.

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  • Gillian Stevens, 2015. "Trajectories of English Acquisition among Foreign-born Spanish-Language Children in the United States," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(4), pages 981-1000, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intmig:v:49:y:2015:i:4:p:981-1000
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