Growing Up Speaking Only English, Young Latinos Making Effort To Learn Spanish

Latinos who don't know Spanish are discovering they should learn it. And our country needs more bilingual citizens.   - - Donna Poisl

from Fox News Latino

Like many states not normally thought of as Latino hubs, Oregon is now home to a growing Hispanic community – at least a half million.

But what is intriguing about the state’s Latinos, a new report found, is that young people are retaining Spanish at a markedly higher rate than earlier waves of Latinos. Many also are learning it, according to research at Oregon State University.

OSU professor, Susana Rivera-Mills, is quoted in NWPR.org, the website of Northwest Public Radio, as saying that a growing Latino population in Oregon has helped remove the stigma once attached to speaking a foreign language.
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