English--our official language? / edited by Bee Gallegos.
A collection of essays that present arguments for and against the adoption of English as the official language of the U.S., discussing the history of the debate; exploring the issues of acquisition, assimilation, and cultural identity; and considering the impact of the controversy on the educational...
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New York :
H.W. Wilson,
1994.
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| Series: | Reference shelf ;
v. 66, no. 2. |
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Table of Contents:
- Language debates in the United States / Jamie B. Draper & Martha Jimenez
- One nation ... indivisible? / S.I. Hayakawa
- Towards a United America
- English plus: statement of purpose
- Pro-con: should English be our official language / Leah Eskin
- Language politics and American identity / Jack Citrin
- Official English or English only / James C. Stalker
- Official English isn't as good as it sounds / James Crawford
- English vs. Spanish in south Florida
- White supremacy or apple pie?: the politics of making English the official language of Arizona / Karen L. Adams
- Against English only / Roberto Rodriguez
- English-only labels ok, court rules / Harriet Chiang
- The battle over preserving the English language / Gary Imhoff & Gerda Bikales
- English in a multicultural America / Dennis Baron
- Legislating assimilation: the English only movement / Mark R. Halton
- Workplace language rules / William E. Lissy
- Closing the workplace language gap
- Bilingual education
- The societal context of bilingual education / Mary McGroarty
- Student leader a reflection of bilingual model / Lisa Davis.
- Science students who are still learning English / Judith W. Rosenthal
- "The Babel myth": the English-only movement and its implications for libraries / Ingrid Betancourt
- A story of two children / Albert Shanker.