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English--our official language? / edited by Bee Gallegos.

Contributor(s): Gallegos, BeeMaterial type: TextTextReference number:ocm30033340Series: Reference shelf ; v. 66, no. 2Publication details: New York : H.W. Wilson, 1994. Description: 147 p. ; 19 cmISBN: 0824208579Subject(s): Language policy -- United States | English language -- United States | Language and education -- United StatesDDC classification: 306.4/4973 LOC classification: P119.32.U6 | E54 1994
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147).

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.

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