ERIC Number: EJ1246075
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 6
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ISSN: EISSN-2642-3669
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Immigrants Learning English in a Time of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment. Forum: Immigration and ESL
Larotta, Clarena
Adult Literacy Education, v1 n1 p53-58 Spr 2019
Immigrants bring a wide variety of skills that favor the market productivity and add to the economic life of the country. They contribute to the development of the U.S. economy through the skills they bring to the market (cognitive skills such as abstract thinking, non-cognitive skills such as motivation and initiative, and specific skills such as the ability to operate machinery) and through the small business they own. [The article is Part 1 of 3 in the series.]
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Public Policy, Thinking Skills, Small Businesses, Productivity, Job Skills, Work Ethic, Cognitive Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Undocumented Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Second Language Instruction, Political Attitudes, Literacy Education, Safety, Educational Practices, Law Enforcement, Program Administration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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