Politics and the English Language

Within the last decade, many states – including California – have implemented Common Core standards, which place a greater emphasis on language arts and mathematics curriculum than other subject areas (ex. science, social studies, the arts, etc.) in K-12 instruction. In an essay to be read by an audience of educated adults, state whether you agree or disagree with this decision, specifically as it relates to preparing students for higher education and their lives after school. Be sure to support…

me see language a little differently. I’ve always known that language, especially spoken language, is constantly changing and evolving. New words and phrases are invented every single day, so I don’t see why rules and patterns should stay the same. Every region feels the need to change the way it speak to sound different from the regions around them. This results in slowly changing words, pronunciations, and fundamentals of the language to suit what this region defines as “proper English.”…

According to a report by the Instituto Cervantes, the United States is the second largest Spanish-speaking country in the world. With over 42 million Spanish speakers, this population in the United States continues to grow yearly. While a common language unites them, this is a highly diverse population with many internal differences based on country of origin, upbringing, and a number of other factors. In working with Spanish speakers, music choice needs to reflect and respect the diversity…

tongue in common languages. However, not all individuals feel proud of expressing their forms of synthesized language. The relationship between cultural identity and language is mutual. Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” and Anzaldua Gloria “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” are exquisite examples of the formation of language and cultural identities due to interactions with American culture. A comparative analysis of both texts can reveal that each author identifies differently to a unique language identity.…

literate in multiple languages, it is a rewarding privilege. The United States is the only country in the world in which people are shamed for their capabilities; no other language is accepted other than english as it is believed that it’s the official language. Ignorance can interfere with the fact that there are 311 languages spoken in my country yet only one is respected. Out of the 311 languages, I fluently speak 2. Spanish is the native tongue of my family, it was the first language I…

Colleges should cut off some of their classes in the English programs for international students, consider internships as college credits, or reserve a time in four-year timeline just for doing internship. The students do not have to spend a whole semester just for studying English. When the college decides to cut off classes, they can insert those classes into undergraduate student’s schedule. Writing, speaking, listening are all English skills which should be connected together in order for…

The Symbolic Interaction Theory in the “Can You Lose A Language You Never Knew?” is the importance of speaking Spanish. In the article, the author explains that as she was going up, she was taught that learning the language of your home country was the “utmost importance.” According to research, “ 71 percent of self-identified Hispanic adults said that you don't need to speak Spanish to be considered Latinx,” but when she explains to people that she cannot speak Spanish, in the view of many…

Many forms of spoken English are not always acceptable in written English and the opposite is also true. The only time that spoken English would be acceptable in the written form is when the writer is writing dialog. For example, sentence fragments are used frequently in conversations and are perfectly acceptable to use when writing dialog, but not in formal writing (Clark). In written English, it is best to avoid slang such as awesome or common expressions such as really (Really?) that is…

our country because it help are laugange become a proper language.He though that he could give our language an American feel, it get's us close to being an independent country. Webster was quoted as saying, "Now is the time and this the country in which we may expect success in attempting changes in language, science and government. Let us then seize the present moment and establish a national language as well as a national government,." As he was stating that making this change will help us as…

our school should add American Sign Language as another foreign language option to choose over Spanish. I believe that we should implement some ASL in the younger children's curriculum, as in an immersion school. The students would keep up their Spanish curriculum in addition to ASL. Once they get into 5th grade, we will allow them the option to continue learning Spanish, or to continue ASL as their only foreign language. The learning of American Sign Language is useful because it develops…