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This graphic examines how children from non-English speaking backgrounds acquire English. It shows that both age and time in the U.S. have strong impacts on English-language use and English-speaking ability. The in-migration of older persons (teenagers and young adults) strongly affects the pattern of English language acquisition by age. Other factors, including the specific language, also have sizable effects.
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