"Official English" again

[Maggie Ronkin]

I can recommend James Crawford's Language Policy Website and Emporium
as a resource for this project, and for classroom materials as well:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/

Maggie


>From: Ronald Kephart <rkephart at unf.edu>
>To: linguistic anthroplogy list <linganth at cc.rochester.edu>
>Subject: "Official English" again
>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:32:18 -0400
>
>Hello all:
>
>Apparently there's another stirring in the "official English" movement
>afoot, sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Florida). Today's Times-Union
>(Jacksonville) has an editorial in support which you can read at:
>
>http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/081003/opi_13233174.html
>
>Best lines:
>
>"...bilingual education has been a disaster."
>
>"... studies show immigrant children fare much better in English immersion
>programs."
>
>I want to write a response, but I need to do it quickly. Any thoughts,
>sources, etc.?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron
>
>--
>Ronald Kephart
>Associate Professor
>Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice
>University of North Florida
>http://www.unf.edu/~rkephart

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