<p>Immigrants often live with other immigrants and don’t need to learn English. Their kids learn English simply by going to school, and the third generation often only knows English. My dad doesn’t know a word of Italian despite all of his grandparents being born in Italy.</p>
<p>I talked to my family about my wild television ideas and they didn’t agree… I admit it’s far-fetched and of all my points, is definitely my weakest. If I couldn’t convince my family, which agree with me on a lot of issues, it’s not likely I’d be able to convince a stranger that is likely to vary even more with me other premises, so I’d like not not argue it anymore… Furthermore, it was tangential to the main idea - should immigrants be forced to learn English?</p>
<p>What if they show up with their KID and the kid can’t get the help (s)he needs? The parents’ lack of English and not knowing how to say their kid has an allergy to a common medication could harm the child.
^^ What about that silence? I see you read part of my post - what do you have to say about that?</p>
<p>They give out bracelets in hospitals for that specific reason, and hospitals in areas with lots of immigrants have Spanish-speaking employees. But, given, in an emergency situation that could be an issue. A responsible parent would make sure that they knew how to say “penicillin”.</p>
<p>Even if we choose to force immigrants to learn English, how would it even be enforced? The only practical method I can think of is to give them a test beforehand, but that by no means says they can communicate effectively in English. How many times have you forgotten everything after a final that you crammed for? I have many times!</p>
<h2>How many times have you forgotten everything after a final that you crammed for? I have many times! </h2>
<p>Yeah, but the reason you forget it is because you don’t use it. It’s unlikely that a person would go through all that trouble to learn a language, then be IMMERSED in it and then forget it. If you studied french and moved over there I’m sure you wouldn’t have to try very hard to not forget it since you’d be surrounded by it.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live. If you live in a community that is full of recent immigrants from your country (and they usually do when they first arrive), then you can probably survive without using the English you learned.</p>
<p>bilingual, yes. Being bad at English, no.</p>
<h1>2 will not happen if they are fully assimilated.</h1>