Should the United States be multilingual?
By: Amy Francis, Book Editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Gale/Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780737748925; 9780737748932
Subjects: Language policy; Language planning; Bilingual education; Multilingualism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113) and index.
Table of contents: title: English should be the national language of the United States / Congressman Steve King; title: The United States Should Not Have a National Language / Chris Donnelly; title: Literacy Should Not Be Defined by Proficiency in English; title: Election Ballots Must Be Multilingual / Glenn D. Magpantay; title: Multilingualism is Bad for the United States / Franklin Raff; title: The United States benefits from bilingual Americans / Rowena Alegria; title: Addressing Multilingualism in Religious Communities is Challenging / Annie Gowen; title: English-Speaking Americans Do Not Need to Learn a Foreign Language / Jay Nordlinger; title: Bilingual education does not help students / Greg Collins; title: Students Have a Right to Use Their Native Language / Christina M. Rodriguez; title: Multilingual Children Are Valuable Assets to Schools and Society / Marilyn Brown; title: English-only Legislation Causes Problems for Public Libraries / Nicole M. Nicolino; title: Libraries Should Not Support Multiple Languages / Julia Stephens; title: Fear of Increased Immigration Has Lead to Language Discrimination / Sandra Del Valle.