English - Official Language
Topic Overview:
- Official English Issue-Related Resources and Links (http://www.englishfirst.org/links.htm) from English First, "a national, non-profit grassroots lobbying organization founded in 1986" provides a list of web sites that argue both for and against the issue.
For English as the Official Language: - Official English Issues (http://www.englishfirst.org/issues.htm) sponsored by English First, a lobby group whose mission is to “make English America’s official language” links to fact sheets, issue briefs, and legislation that support English as the official language.
- U.S. English: Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.us-english.org/inc/official/about/faq.asp) from U.S.ENGLISH, "the largest national, non-partisan, non-profit citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States," addresses questions on the issue, including why legislation in needed.
Against English as the Official Language: - English Plus versus English Only (http://www.lulac.org/advocacy/issues/language/plusonly.html) from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) presents an article with contributions by Frank Ortiz, LULAC Past Vice President/Southwest Region arguing against the English-Only legislation.
- Lingo Jingo: English-Only and the New Nativism (http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=4809) by Geoffrey Nunberg, linguistics professor at Stanford University argues against the English as the official language in this article from The American Prospect: A Journal for the Liberal Imagination.
- Official English and English Plus: An Update (http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/lewell01.html) provides a May, 1997 review by Vickie W. Lewelling, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics supporting the idea that “English needs no official legislation to support it and that proficiency in other languages should be encouraged."
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