forwarding a question from a student

[Maggie Ronkin]

I agree with Francis and recommend these resources too.

Best,Maggie



> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:29:17 -0500
> From: francis.hult at UTSA.EDU
> Subject: Re: forwarding a question from a student
> To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> 
> There is a collection of essays by Jim Crawford on this topic: "Advocating for English Learners"
> http://www.amazon.com/Advocating-English-Learners-Bilingual-Bilingualism/dp/1847690726/ <http://www.amazon.com/Advocating-English-Learners-Bilingual-Bilingualism/dp/1847690726/> 
>  
> Crawford has a rich website with many resources too:
> http://www.languagepolicy.net/ <http://www.languagepolicy.net/> 
>  
> In addition, there is the Institute for Language and Education Policy:
> http://www.elladvocates.org/
>  
> Best,
> Francis
>  
> --
> Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
> University of Texas at San Antonio
>  
> 2010 Language Learning Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence
> (Language Research Centre, University of Calgary)
>  
> Web: http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group on behalf of eghoffma at umich.edu
> Sent: Thu 5/6/2010 4:15 PM
> To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> Subject: [LINGANTH] forwarding a question from a student
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all -
> I'm forwarding a question from a student about organizations or
> strategies that can be helpful in resisting English Only movements and
> other forms of language discrimination in the US. I've got some
> suggestions, but thought forwarding his request to the list might
> provide more useful suggestions than I could muster alone.
> Thank you!
> Best,
> Erika
> 
> I come from a pretty diverse community (Clinton/Utica, NY) that
> contains many refugees of different ethnicities (Burmese, Bosnians,
> Lebanese, etc), and I want to know how one would go about helping
> immigrants against the discrimination caused by a monolingual
> ideology.
> In my community, Bosnian refugees specifically have frequently been
> the targets of racism due to cultural differences and their inability
> to speak English. Many Bosnian individuals have been refused legal aid
> because they speak Bosnian instead of English, and are thus unable to
> defend themselves against frivolous charges in court. I know that
> there are organizations where I'm from that try to improve the
> situation of refugees by providing translation services, but these
> organizations are all privately-funded. The local government does not
> seem to desire to do anything to help accommodate the non-English
> speaking population- I'm not sure if it is actively trying to hurt
> immigrants, or if it is just ignorant and apathetic.
> I was wondering if there are any specific organizations in the U.S.
> that directly combat the idea that the U.S. must be monolingual.
> Additionally, I would like to know if you are acquainted with any
> strategies that can be effective against governments and politicians
> that, due to laziness and inaction, allow discrimination against
> non-English speaking Americans.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
> Oberlin College
 		 	   		  
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