LL-L "Language politics" 2008.11.03 (06) [E/Valencian]

[Lowlands-L List]

===========================================
L O W L A N D S - L - 03 November 2008 - Volume 06
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please set the encoding mode to Unicode (UTF-8).
If viewing this in a web browser, please click on
the html toggle at the bottom of the archived page
and switch your browser's character encoding to Unicode.
===========================================


From: *"Brooks, Mark" <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>*
Subject: Language politics

Hello Lowlanders:


I wonder if any of y'all have heard about the Partido Popular's proposal to
give citizenship classes for Spanish citizenship in English.  I must have
gotten in on this late, because the news stories mostly cover the reaction
to that policy.  I never had read an article explaining the why of the
policy.  I found this on the Vilaweb website:


"El PP ha refusat avui a les corts valencianes una moció del PSPV que
demanava que el govern retiri l'ordre per impartir l'assignatura de
ciutadania <http://www.edu.gva.es/educationforcitizenship/> en anglès
perquè, segons el president de la Generalitat, Francesc Camps, respon a una
necessitat de la societat."


This link will take you to the most recent article:
http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3048497.


Could someone tell me the reason for such a policy?


Regards,

Mark Brooks
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lowlands-l/attachments/20081103/fe56f25e/attachment.htm>