[NIFL-ESL:6826] immigrants and the Internet (take two)

From: Fran Keenan (fkeenan@PBS.ORG)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 14:18:40 EST 

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Here's another version, not in HTML. Sorry!


Here's an interesting article from the Washington Post (December 23,
2001, p. A 01) on how some US immigrants are using the Internet. (to
have pizza delivered to El Salvador for instance) It quotes a Census
survey that 44% of immigrant households in US have computers (as of
August 2000 no less!) 


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15621-2001Dec22.html

(I'm not sure how long the link will work but it worked as of today)


Fran Keenan
Associate Director/PBS LiteracyLink
fkeenan@pbs.org

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