Are Latinos Learning English Quickly?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2007/12/are_latinos_learning_english_q.html

Debate continues to rage between the decision to make English the USA's official language. One reason critics have gone against it is that the English language is difficult to learn. The Pew Hispanic Center reported that 88 percent of second-generation Latinos surveyed say they don't speak English very well. Detailed in the article, "1 out of 8 American-born children of Hispanic immigrants does not speak English very well." It was also revealed that a "small minority" of first-generation Latino immigrants describe themselves as fluent English speakers (one in four Latino immigrants says he or she is able to speak English very well.) But that's first generation Latinos. 2nd generation Latinos normally don't have that problem due to the fact that they grow up in an American, English speaking society.