http://bustedhalo.com/features/word-on-the-street-should-immigrants-be-forced-to-learn-english an online magazine for spiritual seekers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bustedhalo.com/features/word-on-the-street-should-immigrants-be-forced-to-learn-english/comment-page-1#comment-15787 ann Tue, 03 May 2011 15:13:05 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=62#comment-15787 I had something to say about how someone said how when they are selling tamales? Immigrants arent just mexicans or hispanic people. An immigrant is a person that migrates from another country to a new one. I had something to say about how someone said how when they are selling tamales? Immigrants arent just mexicans or hispanic people. An immigrant is a person that migrates from another country to a new one.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/word-on-the-street-should-immigrants-be-forced-to-learn-english/comment-page-1#comment-10457 Jill, 32 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:14:16 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=62#comment-10457 I think people should be forced to learn andspeak English because if they can't speak it, they might not get hired anywhere and that would be a problem. I think people should be forced to learn andspeak English because if they can’t speak it, they might not get hired anywhere and that would be a problem.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/word-on-the-street-should-immigrants-be-forced-to-learn-english/comment-page-1#comment-7695 mersim Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:11:28 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=62#comment-7695 hey im mersim immigrants hsould learn english because if they dont we cant understand themm. hey im mersim immigrants hsould learn english because if they dont we cant understand themm.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/word-on-the-street-should-immigrants-be-forced-to-learn-english/comment-page-1#comment-5581 Karen Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:17:29 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=62#comment-5581 Most people who say "They should learn English!" have never had to learn a foreign language. It's not easy, especially for adults. And English is one of the most difficult languages to learn because it's so irregular. Most immigrants are working two or three jobs, just trying to survive and feed and house their families. My grandmother lived here for 60 years and never became fluent in English, but her children were bilingual and her grandchildren don't even speak the "mother tongue". That's how it happens with immigrants. It's a natural progression. Most people who say “They should learn English!” have never had to learn a foreign language. It’s not easy, especially for adults. And English is one of the most difficult languages to learn because it’s so irregular. Most immigrants are working two or three jobs, just trying to survive and feed and house their families. My grandmother lived here for 60 years and never became fluent in English, but her children were bilingual and her grandchildren don’t even speak the “mother tongue”. That’s how it happens with immigrants. It’s a natural progression.

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