{"id":5058902,"date":"2022-11-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5058902"},"modified":"2022-11-03T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T12:00:00","slug":"the-other-language-barrier-what-it-means-for-latinos-to-lose-spanish-fluency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2022\/11\/03\/the-other-language-barrier-what-it-means-for-latinos-to-lose-spanish-fluency\/","title":{"rendered":"The other language barrier: What it means for Latinos to lose Spanish fluency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike her older sister, Sofia Vega grew up learning Spanish in school. Both girls were born in the U.S., but the 11-year age difference meant Vega didn\u2019t get the chance to travel and visit her extended family back in Colombia.&nbsp;Speaking mostly English at home, Vega regrets never getting the chance to learn Spanish outside of a classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s something I&#8217;m just a little ashamed of, like I don&#8217;t really know Spanish,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a sophomore at Quinnipiac University, Vega said that language barrier made her feel \u201cdisconnected\u201d from her family overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s hard to connect with family if I can&#8217;t speak the same language as them,\u201d she said. \u201dI see my sister speaking with them for like 30 minutes and I&#8217;m just like, \u2018I wish I could do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Vega, many U.S.-born Latinos face the expectation of speaking fluent Spanish, even though it is not part of their formal education. Because language is centrally linked to heritage, learning Spanish is a large part of Latino identity \u2013 even for Latinos that don\u2019t speak Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Spanish_speakers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the full story by the Record-Journal\u2019s Latino Communities Reporting Lab<\/strong> <strong>at<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Spanish_speakers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Spanish_speakers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/em> CTLatinoNews <a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/announcement-ctln-partners-with-the-latino-communities-reporting-lab\/\">partners<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/latino-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latino Communities Reporting Lab<\/a> in best serving the Hispanic-Latino communities of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png 350w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike her older sister, Sofia Vega grew up learning Spanish in school. 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