IMMIGRATION AND FIRST LANGUAGE OTHER THEN ENGLISH
Immigrants are faced with economic and cultural adjustments when they arrive in the United States. Learning English is a major task that faces them. On average, it takes immigrants six years to be able to accomplish most of the normal English language communication tasks required of them.
SOURCE: National Center for ESL Literacy
The population of people seeking ESL services is growing faster than any other sector of the adult education and literacy system, and the average wait tends to be considerably longer than for either adult basic or adult secondary education programs.
SOURCE: N. Fitzgerald, ESL Instruction in Adult Education: Findings from a National Evaluation.
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