American Teens Lag Behind South and Central America In Spanish Skills
WASHINGTON- A new study reports that American teens do not speak Spanish well enough. According to a new government study,  American teens aged 13-18, lag far behind their Colombian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, El Salvadoran, Panamanian, Costa Rican, Argentinean, Chilean, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, Paraguayan, Nicaraguan, Honduran, Cuban and Bolivian counterparts when it comes to speaking in "even the most basic Spanish." The Americans did show a better proficiency in the language than those from Mexico however.
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