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Direct linkWolfe, Paula – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
According to recent U.S. census reports, while the population of the United States increased by 10%, the population speaking languages other than English at home increased by 38% between 1980 and 1990. One in six of all youth in the United States, ages 14 to 19, either speaks a language other than English at home, was born in a foreign country, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Ability, Minority Groups, English (Second Language)
