English at Work

The Pew Hispanic Center recently released a report on English language use among native and non-native Latinos. The following two statistics stand out:

(1) Immigrants use English at the workplace far more often than they do at home. Almost 30 per cent of survey respondents said they speak mainly or only English at work whereas only 7 per cent report speaking mainly or only English at home.

(2) Latino immigrants indicated that limited English skills are a more common cause of discrimination than skin color, immigration status, and socio-economic background.

The full report is available at www.pewhispanic.org