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Indeed, that's why I hoped a rewording or rethink would be in order. In my travels, I have encountered high English literacy throughout the world, and would ass
by cf100clunk 2y ago
Indeed, that's why I hoped a rewording or rethink would be in order. In my travels, I have encountered high English literacy throughout the world, and would assume that such folks emmigrating to the U.S. would not suddenly be disregarded in research.
- Dalewyn 2y agoNon-native speakers can sometimes speak better English than native speakers, but on average that is generally not the case. It's also worth pointing out that "reading" here seemingly does involve English specifically and not English and Spanish or whatever other language(s) overall. A massive influx of immigrants who likely don't speak English natively, regardless their legality, is inevitably going to cause a drop in English literacy rates unless it's controlled for and I think it's a question worth asking because the methodology isn't immediately obvious.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoKids, recently from Latin America outnumber well-educated Scandinavians around ~100x here in Southern California, maybe more. This subthread is rather silly.