Title:
TOP 6 BENEFITS OF HISPANIC BILINGUALS IN THE TEXAS AND THE US

Authors:
Yesenia Chavez ,USA

Abstract:
In 2018, Hispanics were about 20 percent of the American population (about 60 million) and lived in 5 states mainly: California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois. Most of them were born in the US, came from Mexico or were from Mexican American descent. About 75 percent of them speak Spanish or are bilingual who speak English and Spanish (Chavez, 2018). Although Spanish is the second most spoken, studied, and researched language in the US after English, its status is of a subordinated language with many levels of Spanish (Chavez, 2016). Unfortunately, many bilingual Hispanics lose their heritage language or mother language once they enter school. However, being a bilingual person has numerous benefits. In this work, readers will learn about the benefits of being a Hispanic bilingual in Texas and the US. Those benefits include cognitive and academic skills, better economic status, cultural, social, and personal benefits. In this work we found out that the most common benefits of Hispanic bilinguals include the cognitive and the academic benefits