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L O W L A N D S - L - 03 November 2008 - Volume 06<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <strong style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">"Brooks, Mark" <<a href="mailto:mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us">mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us</a>></span></strong><br>
Subject: Language politics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hello Lowlanders:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">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:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";">"<span class="entradetagrannoticia1">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 <a href="http://www.edu.gva.es/educationforcitizenship/" target="_blank">ciutadania</a> en anglès perquè, segons el president de la
Generalitat, Francesc Camps, respon a una necessitat de la societat."</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";">This
link will take you to the most recent article: <a href="http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3048497" target="_blank">http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3048497</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">
<br><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";">Could
someone tell me the reason for such a policy?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";">Regards,</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="entradetagrannoticia1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";">Mark
Brooks</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"><br style="">
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