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. (Masci,N.p) So while other countries are clearly embracing English as a necessary language of the future, the United States continues to embrace multiple languages and, in fact, encourages it. In a recent article by Joe Castaldo, he states that German and Japanese based companies choose English as a primary language of their business and employees. (Castaldo, N.p) In fact, deviating from the “English Only” policy has severe consequences. (Castaldo, N.p) The article concludes that companies with global aspirations have no choice but to use English as the language of business.
I am in support of making English the official language of America. In this essay, I shall talk about how ‘The only English Movement’ benefits America economically, improves efficiency and actually brings unity and peace within the country. Various programs that are named ‘bilingual’ are graded according the degree of multilingual usage. By teaching children academic subjects in their native language, and simultaneously teaching in English language, students will learn the language and continue to progress academically. As far as they have learnt enough English, they can then make the transition into the main classes at schools.
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. As President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "We have one language here, and that is the English language, and we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans." It is estimated that 322 languages are actively spoken in the United States. The idea is that, if everyone speaks different language, people develop their own cultural enclaves instead of assimilating. (Krauthammer) And as a result, racial and ethnic conflicts arise.
I have human rights to do what I want to a certain limit. The government cannot have unreasonable power over me and everything will be handled in order. The Constitution to me means that I will be protected and that I do have rights. When I think of the Constitution I think of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch. These branches mean that there will be laws to protect me.
This formal approach allows laws that protect democracy and individual rights, but recognizes the existence of "rule of law" in countries that do not necessarily have such laws protecting democracy or individual rights. The substantive interpretation holds that the rule of law intrinsically protects some or all individual rights. The functional interpretation of the term "rule of law", consistent with the traditional English meaning, contrasts the "rule of law" with the "rule of man. "[28] According to the functional view, a society in which government officers have a great deal of discretion has a low degree of "rule of law", whereas a society in which government officers have little discretion has a high degree of "rule of law". [28] Upholding the rule of law can sometimes
Habeas Corpus is fundamental to American and all other English common law derivative systems of jurisprudence. It is the ultimate lawful and peaceable remedy for adjudicating the providence of liberty’s restraint. Since the history of Habeas Corpus is predominately English we must visit that history to gain understanding of American use of Habeas Corpus. ENGLISH HISTORY OF HABEAS CORPUS: The history of Habeas Corpus is ancient. It appears to be predominately of Anglo-Saxon common law origin.
American society can benefit by teaching both English and Spanish as a major part of the United States elementary educational curriculum. The United States is a country where there are over 300 million people residing (U S Census Bureau, 2011). The United States of America is also a country where many languages are spoken. For this and other reasons any American citizen may desire to have Spanish included in the United States public educational curriculum. One of many languages American citizens is considering should be included in the United States educational curriculum is Spanish.
The British Constitution Briefly explain the term flexible as used in the extract Flexible means that the constitution can be amended easily and quickly as unlike a rigid constitution such as the one in the US, there is no lengthy procedure for change that has to be followed. A flexible constitution it can be altered via the law-making process, by a simple majority in the legislature as no laws are regarded as fundamental. “There is no convincing case for a written/codified constitution in Britain” Discuss To a certain extent there is no convincing case for a codified constitution in Britain. The main reason against a codified constitution in Britain is because a codified constitution would totally undermine the sovereignty of Parliament, the idea that Parliament can legislate as it chooses and that there can be no superior authority to Parliament. Moreover, no such document could be entrenched whilst Parliament retains the power to alter it at will.
English is the predominant language, although languages from many foreign countries are spoken within cultural enclaves throughout the U.S. The majority of American's (U.S.) are Christian. The United States of America consists of 50 states governed on a federal level, as well as a state level. Laws are written at both levels, and when doing business in the United States one must make sure to meet the requirements mandated by these laws. The
According to the article 8 of the Ireland Constitution (1922): “1. Because Irish is the national language, it is the main official language. 2. English is accepted as another official language.” From this, it can be observed that both, Irish and English, play a fundamental role in the Irish community. Although, Irish is the national language, the 99% of the Irish population speaks English has their native language, without leaving aside, that the ones who speaks Irish have a special status.