U. S. English has successfully lobbied for the passage of English Only laws in 18 states (out of 22 total English Only states) since its founding in 1983. In 1907, US President Theodore Roosevelt wrote, "We have room for but one language in this country, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house.’’ Opposition: The modern English-only movement has met with rejection from the private organization Linguistic Society of America, which passed a resolution in 1986–87 opposing "'English only' measures on the grounds that they are based on misconceptions about the role of a common language in establishing political unity, and that they are inconsistent with basic American traditions of linguistic tolerance. Linguist Geoffrey Pullum, in an essay entitled "Here come the linguistic fascists" charges English First with "hatred and suspicion of aliens and immigrants" and points out that English is far from under threat in the United
Should English Be Official? English is the official language of at least 50 countries including Singapore, New Zealand, and India, except the United States of America. The English-only legislation is an issue that affects millions of individuals and has drawn lots of attentions and concerns in these recent years. In fact, making English the official language is simply unnecessary and yet may even contribute to negative effects which include perpetuating stereotypes and abridging people’s rights. The usual argument made by U.S. English, an organization that advocates for English as the official language of the U.S., is that making English the official U.S. language would unite Americans around one common tongue so that they could communicate much better with each other.
English as the Official language of the United States There are over 6,900 languages in the world. While English is being more accepted globally as a standard language, the United States has never been bold enough to take a stance. For the first 200 years of U.S. history although it was never officially declared, Americans understood that English was the primary language. English should be made the official language of the United States because fluency in English is necessary for world-wide communication, it encourages immigrants to embrace American culture, and electronic communication makes mastering English even more important. Recently Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi created headlines by saying, “achieving world-class excellence demands that all Japanese acquire a working knowledge of English.” (Masci, N.p) He not only went on to say that English should be the nation’s official second language but also suggested the alternative was to be left behind in the global race to prosperity.
Concerning this crucial aspect, Rowlandson’s narrative offers little insight into Native American perspectives upon the conflict, a fact which is crucial in understanding Puritan and American ways of thinking and the victory culture which characterizes past and contemporary America. Nevertheless, Rowlandson’s book does provide a decent amount of information concerning the identities and boundaries of the colonists in New England. Also, the issue of gender roles and identity lies just beneath the surface, considering the fact that it is the first North American publication by a living
Abstract Developed in the 1970s, the ICD-9-CM code set no longer fits with our current healthcare system needs. ICD-9-CM is currently being used for many more purposes than when it was originally intended and it is no longer fitting for our 21st century health information needs. Continuing to rely on this outdated and imprecise platform adversely affects the value of healthcare data. Although, a number of years ago most industrialized countries have moved to ICD-10 platform, the US is just beginning this transition with a final compliance date of October 1, 2015. That is if it isn’t once again pushed back or just gotten rid of entirely.
There has been much debate over the 14th Amendment throughout the years; much of the debate has been because of the roughly 11million immigrants that are estimated to live in this country. Rubin J writes “Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced a proposal to amend the Constitution "so that children born in the United States are only considered automatic citizens if one parent is a U.S. citizen, one parent is a legal immigrant, or one parent is an active member of the Armed Forces. They could also follow the
Reading Response to “ S.I. Hayakawa is a former senator and an immigrant originally from Vancouver. He believes it should be a law that everyone must speak English in America as the official language. As a linguistic professor whose parents were Japanese immigrants, this is a strong statement. For an immigrant to believe English should be the official language is surprising and a powerful statement, because it is not even their natural language and yet they still believe it should be the official language of the United States.
She states that there are millions of dollars spent each year to provide translators and translations to non-English speakers that can be saved if they were required to learn English. She claims that one of the most important aspects of assimilating to American culture is the speaking of English and it helps them in reaching the “American dream.” She states that even their board members are fluent in many other languages in an attempt to show how they willingly made a choice to learn instead of just relying on someone else. She claims that if it is not fixed numbers will continue to climb and taxpayer dollars will continue being used for something that should be known by an American citizen. She lastly states that there is nothing wrong with being multi-lingual but it is wrong to think you can move to this country and not learn English and at the tax payer expense survive by keeping your home
Mr. Jerry 1 Does America Exist Today? America came into existence with high moral beliefs and well founding ideas meant to be of an equal idea for all of those who were settling in the new land decades ago. To ask today whether America exists, I would have to say no, the same theme that it started with has not continued throughout the years. The reason that I state this is because there still exists a lack of equality for all people and there is not total freedom to
I personally feel that as a American born citizen, all immigrants need to learn English. This is an English speaking country and yes Spanish is a great thing to know, it is not up to the American people to be able to communicate with people that weren’t even born here. If I was to move to Mexico and live there, it would be very hard for me to communicate with the citizens of that country. It would be crucial for me to learn the Spanish language because that is what the Mexican community expects. They would not learn English and use it as a primary language when Spanish has been theirs for years.