Languages of the United States

contemporary gravitation towards English as a common global language. As the United States has been the country primarily responsible for the global proliferation of capital as well as home to the largest native English speaking population in the world, it would be a natural assumption to think that English would be mandated as the official language of the country. It is not. Although the supremacy of the English language in the United States remains a prevalent, unequivocal notion, the US…

The English language has and will continue to be the unifier of worldwide linguistic diversity. As a result of its globalization and its relative status symbol, the spread of the English language has facilitated the decline of several smaller languages such as those discussed in Russel G. Rymer’s article “Vanishing Voices”. Containing what is arguably the densest concentration of English speakers, the United States population speaks the language with a distinct vocabulary and accent. The form…

Spanish, one of the most widely used languages in the world, continues to gain competence across nations through academic curricula, entertainment for all ages, and even the functionality of the World’s largest corporations. While the Hispanic culture continues to cultivate within American society, the Spanish speaking community has become more prevalent in culture assimilated areas. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of Spanish speakers has flourished as a reflection of the rapid…

overall argument is that English should be the official language in the United States in order to keep things simple and easy. Krauthammer supports his claim by stating that the United States becoming a bilingual country would just tear it apart. He begins his essay with saying how he was from Canada and having two different languages in that country almost tore it apart when Canada did not even have a choice on if it would be bilingual or not. He states the U.S. has the choice and it would be…

The United States Multilingualism Have you ever thought in the United States the most frequent language spoken isn’t English? Well now on days the United States is form from many people around the country which everyone brings something when they migrate to the U.S. As children we are taught English that’s the teacher goal for every student to learn English. But in my situation I was taught Spanish throughout the school until I got 2nd grade that’s when they started teaching me English. As…

English-Only laws in the United States, is largely based on encouraging assimilation, economically, politically, and ultimately - morally. It stands diametrically opposed to bilingualism, threatening that very way of life, and is often viewed in the Latina/o community as xenophobic and nativist. Federal Law in the United States actually stands in opposition to the notion of English-Only laws, refusing to codify English as the official national language, however that does not curb state level…

only Spanish, French and so on without including all the other languages. It is discriminatory to exclude even the smallest minority. If American citizens are going to allow money to be spent translating government documents into multiple languages, then what about the languages of all tax payers? Who decides which languages spoken are the better, or more important, to use? This is a substantial dilemma that, unless an official language is implemented, would be very difficult to…

Multilingualism and The Dis-United States. The author illustrates two major reasons, which are reducing the cost of the federal spending and avoiding a series of severe constitutional crisis. First of all, the author states clearly in paragraph 11, “The federal government has spent over $100 million to study the effectiveness of bilingual education, only to discover that it is less effective at teaching English than English immersion programs are.” It means that even though the United States…

In recent years, bilingual education has become a controversial issue in the United States. While, some people believe that they have the freedom to speak the language they prefer, others believe that the use of any language other than English in the United States created the loss of their identity, and their native language. However, because exist many people from various nationalities in the United States the number of bilingual people is increasing through the years. A bilingual person had…

an immigrant in the United States. They understand that by not assimilating their children into American culture, at least from an educational stand point; can serve to hurt their children with respect to social and economic opportunities as they move into adulthood. There is one glaring impediment to realizing the aims of bilingual education: children who are placed into these programs are less likely to be transitioned from foreign language instruction to English language instruction.…