{"id":16553,"date":"2012-04-09T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/six-in-ten-hispanics-say-they-speak-english-well\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:31","slug":"six-in-ten-hispanics-say-they-speak-english-well","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/04\/09\/six-in-ten-hispanics-say-they-speak-english-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-in-Ten Hispanics Say They Speak English Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than six-in-ten (61%) Latino adults in the U.S. say they can carry on a conversation in English \u201cvery well\u201d or \u201cpretty well.\u201d A similar share (60%) say they can read a newspaper or book in English \u201cvery well\u201d or \u201cpretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English language proficiency is higher among Hispanics who were born in the U.S. Fully 92% of second generation Hispanics say they are proficient in spoken English. In contrast, only 38% of foreign born or first-generation Hispanics say they can carry on a conversation in English well..\nNot surprisingly, third-generation Hispanics are more advanced than first and second generation Hispanics \u2014 96%say they are proficient in speaking English and 94% say they can read a newspaper or book in English \u201cvery well\u201d or \u201cpretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to the ability to speak and read Spanish, a greater share of Hispanic adults say they are proficient in Spanish than say so about English. More than eight-in-ten (82%) Hispanic adults say they can carry on a conversation in Spanish \u201cvery well\u201d or \u201cpretty well. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levels of Spanish proficiency diminish in successive generations. 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