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| english language unity act: English Language Unity Act of 2011 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, 2012 |
| english language unity act: English Language Learners Tamara L. Roleff, 2009-03-13 This volume explores the issues surrounding English language learners. It presents diversity of opinion on each topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Essays are arranged in a pro versus con format so that more than one intelligent viewpoint is shared. Readers will evaluate such topics as whether bilingual teaching is beneficial, whether demand for English classes outstrips supply, and whether English-only policies in the workplace are discriminatory. |
| english language unity act: English as a Global Language David Crystal, 2012-03-29 Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language. |
| english language unity act: Learn about the United States U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2009 Learn About the United States is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one. |
| english language unity act: English as the Official Language United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Education Reform, 2006 |
| english language unity act: Language Policy and Language Planning Sue Wright, 2016-04-08 This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. |
| english language unity act: Language and the Law Douglas A. Kibbee, 2016-08-04 A comprehensive overview of the political and legal consequences of linguistic inequality in the United States. |
| english language unity act: The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law Peter M. Tiersma, Lawrence M. Solan, 2012-03-08 This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the volume addresses areas such as the history and structure of legal language, its meaning and interpretation, multilingualism and language rights, courtroom discourse, forensic identification, intellectual property and linguistics, and legal translation and interpretation. Encyclopaedic in scope, the handbook includes chapters written by experts from every contentint who are familiar with linguistic issues that arise in diverse legal systems, including both civil and common law jurisdictions, mixed systems like that of China, and the emerging law of the European Union. |
| english language unity act: Debates on U.S. Immigration Judith Gans, Elaine M. Replogle, Daniel J. Tichenor, 2012-10-17 This volume uses introductory essays followed by point/counterpoint articles to explore prominent and perennially important debates, providing readers with views on multiple sides of the complex issue of US immigration. |
| english language unity act: The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis Eric Friginal, Jack A. Hardy, 2020-12-17 The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis highlights the diversity, breadth, and depth of corpus approaches to discourse analysis, compiling new and original research from notable scholars across the globe. Chapters showcase recent developments influenced by the exponential growth in linguistic computing, advances in corpus design and compilation, and the applications of sound quantitative and interpretive techniques in analyzing text and discourse patterns. Key discourse domains covered by 35 empirical chapters include: • Research contexts and methodological considerations; • Naturally occurring spoken, professional, and academic discourse; • Corpus approaches to conversational discourse, media discourse, and professional and academic writing. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis is key reading for both experienced and novice researchers working at the intersection of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, as well as anyone undertaking study in these areas, as well as anyone interested in related fields and adjacent research approaches. |
| english language unity act: Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics Abdulkafi Albirini, 2016-02-08 Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics outlines and evaluates the major approaches and methods used in Arabic sociolinguistic research with respect to diglossia, codeswitching, language variation and attitudes and social identity. This book: outlines the main research findings in these core areas and relates them to a wide range of constructs, including social context, speech communities, prestige, power, language planning, gender and religion examines two emerging areas in Arabic sociolinguistic research, internet-mediated communication and heritage speakers, in relation to globalization, language dominance and interference and language loss and maintenance analyses the interplay between the various sociolinguistic aspects and examines the complex nature of the Arabic multidialectal, multinational, and multiethnic sociolinguistic situation. Based on the author’s recent fieldwork in several Arab countries this book is an essential resource for researchers and students of sociolinguistics, Arabic linguistics, and Arabic studies. |
| english language unity act: Making English Official Katherine S. Flowers, 2024-01-18 In communities across the US, people wrestle with which languages to use, and who gets to decide. Despite more than 67 million US residents using a language other than English at home, over half of the states in the US have successfully passed English-only policies. Drawing on archives and interviews, this book tells the origin story of the English-only movement, as well as the stories of contemporary language policy campaigns in four Maryland county governments, giving a rare glimpse into what motivates the people who most directly shape language policy in the US. It demonstrates that English-only policies grow from more local levels, rather than from nationalist ideologies, where they are downplayed as harmless community initiatives, but result in monolingual approaches to language remaining increasingly pervasive. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details. |
| english language unity act: Teaching to Change the World Jeannie Oakes, Martin Lipton, Lauren Anderson, Jamy Stillman, 2015-11-17 This is an up-to-the-moment, engaging, multicultural introduction to education and teaching and the challenges and opportunities they present. Together, the four authors bring a rich blend of theory and practical application to this groundbreaking text. Jeannie Oakes is a leading education researcher and former director of the UCLA teacher education program. Martin Lipton is an education writer and consultant and has taught in public schools for 31 years. Lauren Anderson and Jamy Stillman are former public school teachers, now working as teacher educators. This unique, comprehensive foundational text considers the values and politics that pervade the U.S. education system, explains the roots of conventional thinking about schooling and teaching, asks critical questions about how issues of power and privilege have shaped and continue to shape educational opportunity, and presents powerful examples of real teachers working for equity and justice. Taking the position that a hopeful, democratic future depends on ensuring that all students learn, the text pays particular attention to inequalities associated with race, social class, language, gender, and other social categories and explores teachers role in addressing them. The text provides a research-based and practical treatment of essential topics, and it situates those topics in relation to democratic values; issues of diversity; and cognitive, sociocultural, and constructivist perspectives on learning. The text shows how knowledge of education foundations and history can help teachers understand the organization of today s schools, the content of contemporary curriculum, and the methods of modern teaching. It likewise shows how teachers can use such knowledge when thinking about and responding to headline issues like charter schools, vouchers, standards, testing, and bilingual education, to name just a few. Central to this text is a belief that schools can and must be places of extraordinary educational quality and institutions in the service of social justice. Thus, the authors address head-on tensions between principles of democratic schooling and competition for always-scarce high-quality opportunities. Woven through the text are the voices of a diverse group of teachers, who share their analyses and personal anecdotes concerning what teaching to change the world means and involves. Click Here for Book Website Pedagogical Features: Digging Deeper sections referenced at the end of each chapter and featured online include supplementary readings and resources from scholars and practitioners who are addressing issues raised in the text. Instructor s Manual offers insights about how to teach course content in ways that are consistent with cognitive and sociocultural learning theories, culturally diverse pedagogy, and authentic assessment.New to this Edition: |
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| english language unity act: Shaping Language Policy in the U.S. Scott Wible, 2013-02-08 In Shaping Language Policy in the U.S.: The Role of Composition Studies, author Scott Wible explores the significance and application of two of the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s key language policy statements: the 1974 Students’ Right to Their Own Language resolution and the 1988 National Language Policy. Wible draws from a wealth of previously unavailable archived material and professional literature to offer for the first time a comprehensive examination of these policies and their legacies that continue to shape the worlds of rhetoric, politics, and composition. Wible demonstrates the continued relevance of the CCCC’s policies, particularly their role in influencing the recent, post-9/11 emergence of a national security language policy. He discusses in depth the role the CCCC’s language policy statements can play in shaping the U.S. government’s growing awareness of the importance of foreign language education, and he offers practical discussions of the policies’ pedagogical, professional, and political implications for rhetoric and composition scholars who engage contemporary debates about the politics of linguistic diversity and language arts education in the United States. Shaping Language Policy in the U.S. reveals the numerous ways in which the CCCC language policies have usefully informed educators’ professional practices and public service and investigates how these policies can continue to guide scholars and teachers in the future. |
| english language unity act: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 2009 The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) |
| english language unity act: Every Tribe and Tongue Michael Pasquale, Nathan L. K. Bierma, 2011-04-01 Every Tribe and Tongue offers a way, first, to rediscover biblical stories and principles that relate to questions about immigration and societal multilingualism, and, second, to outline possible ways to guide thoughtful engagement in the discourse of the public square based on the biblical witness. We will try to show that, far from being an afterthought in the Bible, the call to love our neighbors and to gather people of every nation together in the worship of God is at the very core of the gospel message.Two powerful passions animate this book from beginning to end. First, this work is saturated in a deeply rooted love of the diversity of human languages that are one of God's gracious gifts to human beings. Second, this book is dedicated to calling the North American church to take seriously its charge not simply to love the stranger and alien but to live as strangers and aliens within the American nation to which it has been called to witness to Jesus Christ. |
| english language unity act: Demographic and Socioeconomic Basis of Ethnolinguistics Jacob S. Siegel, 2017-10-25 This book presents a description and analysis of sociolinguistics written from a demographer’s perspective. It synthesizes the data on the materials, methods, and issues of this interdisciplinary field, pulling together the scattered materials published in this area into a coherent whole. Drawing on a wide range of sciences in addition to demography and sociolinguistics, including sociology, anthropology, statistics, psychology, neuroscience, and public policy, the book treats theoretical and applied issues, links methods and substantive findings, covers both national and international materials, and provides prehistorical, historical, and contemporary illustrations. The book treats the theoretical issue of how the language we use develops socially on a base of linguistic genetic capacity and the practical issue of how the intervention of the state and public figures may profoundly alter the natural evolution of the language. As such, this book will appeal to a wide range of users, from students to teachers and practitioners of social demography, sociolinguistics, cultural anthropology, and particularly to those social scientists interested in ethnic studies and human migration. |
| english language unity act: Immigration Policy Alan Allport, 2009 Explores key issues related to U.S. immigration, such as illegal immigration and whether or not English should be the nation's official language. |
| english language unity act: Linguistically Diverse Immigrant and Resident Writers Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, Todd Ruecker, 2016-07-15 Spotlighting the challenges and realities faced by linguistically diverse immigrant and resident students in U.S. secondary schools and in their transitions from high school to community colleges and universities, this book looks at programs, interventions, and other factors that help or hinder them as they make this move. Chapters from teachers and scholars working in a variety of contexts build rich understandings of how high school literacy contexts, policies such as the proposed DREAM Act and the Common Core State Standards, bridge programs like Upward Bound, and curricula redesign in first-year college composition courses designed to recognize increasing linguistic diversity of student populations, affect the success of this growing population of students as they move from high school into higher education. |
| english language unity act: What is English? Tim William Machan, 2013-08-23 What is English? Can we be as certain as we usually are when we say something is not English? To find some answers Tim Machan explores the language's present and past, and looks ahead to its futures among the one and a half billion people who speak it. His search is fascinating and important, for definitions of English have influenced education and law in many countries and helped shape the identities of those who live in them. Finding an account that fits the constantly changing varieties of English is, Tim Machan finds, anything but simple. But he rises to the challenge, grappling with its elusive essence through episodes in its history. He looks at the ambitions of Caxton, the preoccupations of Johnson, and the eloquence of Churchill, tussles with the jargons of contemporary business, and pursues his object from rural America to James Cook's Australia. He examines creoles, pidgins, and dialects, and takes apart competing histories showing their assumptions and prejudices. Finally he reveals the stable category English, resting paradoxically within its constantly mutating forms and varieties. This is a book for everyone interested in English and the role of language in society and culture. |
| english language unity act: Domestic Policy Discourse in the US and the UK in the 'New World Order' Lori Maguire, 2010-08-11 With the end of the Cold War, many commentators expected a renewed emphasis on domestic policy as a result of this major change in foreign policy. Until the attacks of 11 September 2001, this is exactly what happened. The “new world order” in domestic terms, celebrated the triumph of capitalism and free markets. At this time, Milton Friedman’s economic ideas were all the rage and Keynes completely out of fashion. The economic problems of the 1970s, in combination with the manifest failure of communist economies, had largely discredited the traditional notion of the Left and party rhetoric reflected this. Both the Democrats and Labour had begun in the 1980s (faced with the success of Reagan and Thatcher) a process of redefinition: people talked of “New Democrats” and “New Labour”. During the campaign of 1992, Clinton insisted on the need for a “modern, mainstream agenda” and used key terms often associated with conservatism like “expansion of opportunity”, “choice”, “responsibility” and “reinventing government”. Labour, especially after Tony Blair became leader in 1994, followed the same path. Both the Conservatives and the Republicans had pushed to the right in the late 1970s and continued this trend in the following years. Although their electoral fortunes varied, they increasingly found themselves divided between moderate and more rightwing members. In Britain this division focused on Europe while, in the US, it usually concerned social and ethical questions. By 2010, the Conservatives had attained some cohesion under David Cameron but, the Republicans were openly feuding. This book’s originality lies in its scope, in its comparative aspect, and its inclusion of first person accounts as well as scholarly studies. In particular, the book includes one of the first major analyses of the health care debate from Clinton’s failed attempt to the conclusion of Obama’s successful one. Highly up to date and topical, it also discusses discourse related to the recent economic crisis, the so-called “Climategate” scandal, the UK elections of 2010, the gay rights debates in the US, “Islamophobia”, and the Arizona immigration law. |
| english language unity act: EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAW William C. Nicholson, 2013-12-01 This second edition is a major revision and update of Emergency Response and Emergency Management Law. As the first text to be published on emergency response and emergency management law this book provides an understanding of the legal challenges faced on a daily basis by the front-line troops in emergent situations. The emergency response law section begins with the duty to respond and proceeds through the wide range of legal issues that arise during response. Training accidents, vehicle issues, dispatch, emergency medical services issues, and “Good Samaritan” acts are covered. Additional topics include the standard operating procedures, mutual aid, the incident management system, hazardous materials incidents, OSHA, using volunteer resources, recovery by responders, the rescue doctrine, and the World Trade Center site litigation. The emergency management law section examines the powers of governors, state and local responsibilities, federal emergency management, difficulties in mitigating legal exposure, legal steps for mitigation, potential negligence liability, legal requirements and interpreting/translating assistance, preparedness cases, recovery cases, and the role of the local government attorney before, during, and in the aftermath of a disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Stafford Act and the National Response Framework (NRF) are discussed in great detail. The third section discusses the ethical imperative, homeland security expenditures, policy and legal changes, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the war veterans. At the end of each chapter, questions and problems refer back to the text. These resources highlight the principal issues and serve as a valuable teaching tool for the instructor. This text provides a firm base of legal knowledge for emergency responders, emergency management professionals, and their attorneys. |
| english language unity act: Cross-Language Relations in Composition Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, Paul Kei Matsuda, 2010-05-09 Cross-Language Relations in Composition brings together the foremost scholars in the fields of composition, second language writing, education, and literacy studies to address the limitations of the tacit English-only policy prevalent in composition pedagogy and research and to suggest changes for the benefit of writing students and instructors throughout the United States. Recognizing the growing linguistic diversity of students and faculty, the ongoing changes in the English language as a result of globalization, and the increasingly blurred categories of native, foreign, and second language English speakers, editors Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, and Paul Kei Matsuda have compiled a groundbreaking anthology of essays that contest the dominance of English monolingualism in the study and teaching of composition and encourage the pursuit of approaches that embrace multilingualism and cross-language writing as the norm for teaching and research. The nine chapters comprising part 1 of the collection focus on the origins of the “English only” bias dominating U.S. composition classes and present alternative methods of teaching and research that challenge this monolingualism. In part 2, nine composition teachers and scholars representing a variety of theoretical, institutional, and professional perspectives propose new, compelling, and concrete ways to understand and teach composition to students of a “global,” plural English, a language evolving in a multilingual world. Drawing on recent theoretical work on genre, complexity, performance and identity, as well as postcolonialism, Cross-Language Relations in Composition offers a radically new approach to composition teaching and research, one that will prove invaluable to all who teach writing in today’s multilingual college classroom. |
| english language unity act: Architecture from Public to Commons Marcelo López-Dinardi, 2023-12-01 This book provides an urgent framework and collective reflection on understanding ways to reconsider and recast architecture within ideas and politics of the commons and practices of commoning. Architecture from Public to Commons opens with Institutions the dialogue with the scales of the commons, the limits of language for fluid identities, the practices and challenges of architecture as an institution, the design of objects with apparent shared value in Chile, land protocols that explore alternatives to profit-seeking of property in New York, and spirited conversations about revolting against architectural labor from Latin America. Continuing chapters explore, under Territories, the boundaries of Blackness across the Atlantic between Ethiopia and Atlanta, the underground woven network with conflicting grounds of ipê wood between Brazil and the US, water cycles in depleted territories in Chile, indigenous women-led territorial and human rights struggles in Guatemala, climate change accidental commons in California, and the active search for racial justice between design and place in New Orleans. Contributions range from theoretical and historical essays to current case studies of on-the-ground practices in the US, the Middle East, Europe, and Central and South America. Bringing together architects, scholars, artists, historians, sociologists, curators, and activists, this book instils an urgent framework and renewed set of tools to pivot from architecture’s traditional public to a politicized commons. It will greatly interest students, academics, and researchers in architecture, urban design, architectural theory, landscape architecture, political economy, and sociology. |
| english language unity act: Multicultural America Carlos E. Cortés, 2013-08-15 This comprehensive title is among the first to extensively use newly released 2010 U.S. Census data to examine multiculturalism today and tomorrow in America. This distinction is important considering the following NPR report by Eyder Peralta: Based on the first national numbers released by the Census Bureau, the AP reports that minorities account for 90 percent of the total U.S. growth since 2000, due to immigration and higher birth rates for Latinos. According to John Logan, a Brown University sociologist who has analyzed most of the census figures, The futures of most metropolitan areas in the country are contingent on how attractive they are to Hispanic and Asian populations. Both non-Hispanic whites and blacks are getting older as a group. These groups are tending to fade out, he added. Another demographer, William H. Frey with the Brookings Institution, told The Washington Post that this has been a pivotal decade. We’re pivoting from a white-black-dominated American population to one that is multiracial and multicultural. Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia explores this pivotal moment and its ramifications with more than 900 signed entries not just providing a compilation of specific ethnic groups and their histories but also covering the full spectrum of issues flowing from the increasingly multicultural canvas that is America today. Pedagogical elements include an introduction, a thematic reader’s guide, a chronology of multicultural milestones, a glossary, a resource guide to key books, journals, and Internet sites, and an appendix of 2010 U.S. Census Data. Finally, the electronic version will be the only reference work on this topic to augment written entries with multimedia for today’s students, with 100 videos (with transcripts) from Getty Images and Video Vault, the Agence France Press, and Sky News, as reviewed by the media librarian of the Rutgers University Libraries, working in concert with the title’s editors. |
| english language unity act: You Can't Always Say What You Want Dennis Baron, 2023-02-28 The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's calls for speech legislation and places it into historical perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to explain the historical context of laws regulating speech. Over time, the freedom to speak has grown, the ways in which we communicate have evolved due to technology, and our ideas about speech protection have been challenged as a result. Now more than ever, we are living in a free speech paradox: powerful speakers weaponize their rights in order to silence those less-powerful speakers who oppose them. By understanding how this situation has developed, we can stand up to these threats to the freedom of speech. |
| english language unity act: The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law Dana Shilling, 2023 |
| english language unity act: Immigration Realities Ernesto Castañeda, Carina Cione, 2024-11-05 Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. They are eager to learn local languages. Immigration is not a burden on social services. Border walls do not work. There is no unmanageable refugee crisis. Yet many such misinformed assumptions and harmful misconceptions pervade conversations about immigration. This timely book is a practical, evidence-based primer on immigrants and immigration. Each chapter debunks a frequently encountered claim and answers common questions. Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdisciplinary research in an accessible way, Ernesto Castañeda and Carina Cione emphasize the expert consensus that immigration is vital to the United States and many other countries around the world. Featuring original insights from research conducted in El Paso, Texas, Immigration Realities considers a wide range of places, ethnic groups, and historical eras. It provides the key data and context to understand how immigration affects economies, crime rates, and social welfare systems, and it sheds light on contentious issues such as the safety of the U.S.-Mexico border and the consequences of Brexit. This book is an indispensable guide for all readers who want to counter false claims about immigration and are interested in what the research shows. |
| english language unity act: Walking Through the Fire Steve King, 2022-03-16 Just two weeks after winning reelection to his ninth term in Congress, Steve King was stunned to learn the “Swamp” was poised to unleash a treacherous media blitzkrieg designed to kill his Congressional political career on the spot. The words, “They believe they can force you to resign” ring in his ears yet today. He knew Democrats and the media would pile on. Unfortunately, the threat was from within his party and it was far more dangerous. The Republican establishment, RINOs, elitists, globalists, and NeverTrumpers needed him out of the way. This is the full story. |
| english language unity act: Legislative Calendar United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, 2003 |
| english language unity act: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the Neo-Nationalist Era Kyle McIntosh, 2020-10-08 This book explores how resurgent nationalism across the globe demands re-examination of many of the theories and practices in applied linguistics and language teaching as political forces seek to limit the movement of people, goods, and services across national borders and, in some cases, enact violence upon those with linguistic and/or ethnic backgrounds that differ from that of the dominant culture. The authors who have contributed to this volume provide careful analysis of nationalist discourses and actions in Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, Poland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Vietnam. They offer their unique historical and cultural perspectives on the complex relationship between language, identity, and nationhood in each of these countries, as well as practical responses to the fraught political situations that many language educators and policy makers now face.This book will appeal to researchers in applied linguistics and language teaching, as well as second and foreign language teaching professionals working and living in countries where nationalist sentiments are on the rise. |
| english language unity act: Topical Exploration in Literacy Education Cheu - Jey Lee, This book is a Topical Exploration in Literacy Education. It's critically examine two interrelated aspects of literacy education and It's attempts to explore issues on literacy by addressing two specific questions, what do we mean by literacy and what does it imply for literacy education. |
| english language unity act: Culture and Diversity in the United States Jack David Eller, 2024-12-05 This book addresses the standard topics of race, ethnicity, class, and gender but goes much further by engaging seriously with issues of language, religion, age, health and disability, and region and geography. It also considers the intersections between and the diversities within these categories. Eller presents students with an unprecedented combination of history, conceptual analysis, discussion of academic literature, and up-to-date statistics. The book includes a range of illustrations, figures and tables, text boxes, a glossary of key terms, and a comprehensive bibliography. New to this edition are updated numerical and statistical data, as well as discussions of sociopolitical developments over the past decade, including • The controversies over the 2020 census itself (e.g., the “citizenship question,” funding for the census) • The #MeToo movement • The Black Lives Matter movement, Critical Race Theory, and race-related police violence • The rise in racial, ethnic, and religious hate crimes, for example, anti-Semitism and anti-Asian bias (the latter largely resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic) • White nationalism and the “Great Replacement” conspiracy • Anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes and legislation (“don’t say gay” laws, book banning, denial of “gender-affirming” treatment for minors) • General immigration facts and policies (e.g., family separation), the proposed border wall, etc. This book is ideal for introductory and advance level courses in anthropology, American Studies, and across the social sciences. |
| english language unity act: Reworking English in Rhetoric and Composition Bruce Horner, Karen Kopelson, 2014-07-25 In Reworking English in Rhetoric and Composition, editors Bruce Horner and Karen Kopelson gather leading scholars and new voices in the field of rhetoric and composition to offer a dynamic new perspective on English as it is used today. This provocative volume explores the myriad ways in which English is constantly redefined, revised, and redirected through specific, located acts of writing, rhetoric, teaching, and learning. Contributors provide insightful contributions to the study of English from both national and international perspectives, revealing the language as a fluid and constantly changing manner of expression that challenges established notions. In part one, “Reworking Language,” writers call into question the idea of language as a static, stable entity. In part two, “Locations and Migrations: Global/Local Interrogations,” contributors explore the impact of writing and teaching English in both in the United States and abroad, from Arkansas and Oklahoma to China, Jamaica, and Lebanon. Part three, “Pedagogical/Institutional Interventions,” addresses English in institutional settings and the implications for future pedagogical work. Each essay in this revolutionary volume substantiates two key premises for the rethinking of English: first, that languages are susceptible to constant change through the very acts of writing, teaching, and learning, and second, that this reworking occurs as it moves between various temporal and spatial locations. Throughout the volume, the variety and flexibility of English across the globe are both advocated and revealed, rejecting dominant Anglophone perspectives and instead placing language in cross-cultural contexts. Brimming with informative and thought-provoking insights, Reworking English in Rhetoric and Composition breathes new life into the field and provides direction for scholars and teachers looking to the future of English. |
| english language unity act: Epitaph Dr. Carolyn LaDelle Bennett, 2022-08-10 A nation dying of self-inflicted mental and moral wounds turns rabid—extremist. Leadership crippled by corruption, moral impairment, physical and mental decay, capable of nothing other than the same old thing, flails and destroys and in cowardice (likened to an infant but powered by lethal partners), ducks responsibility and blames a made-for-the-occasion “enemy.” America’s leadership class of kleptocrats, gerontocrats, incestuous hangers-on and clingers to Washington’s revolving door are the American (anachronistic, anarchist, nihilist) extremists. They create and feed on global and national crises; and spawn America’s weakness, unpreparedness, and loss of common defense. Their age must end. Epitaph returns to the framers of the American Union, lays out the nature of present-day American extremism with critical evidence from distant headlines and information sources and context of world thinkers — originating far beyond the Washington Beltway. The work ends with advisory notes to youth, and notes toward forming a More Perfect Union. |
| english language unity act: American Immigrant Rosalie Porter, 2017-09-04 Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. The battle to give five million immigrant children America's common language, English, and to help these students join their English-speaking classmates in opportunities for self-fulfillment continues to be argued. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism.Her career began in the 1970s, when she entered the most controversial arena in public education, bilingualism. This book chronicles the political movement Porter helped lead, one that succeeded in changing state laws in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Programs that had segregated Latino children by language and ethnicity for years, diminishing their educational opportunities, were removed with overwhelming public support. New English-language programs in these states are reporting improved academic achievement for these students.This book is also Porter's testament to the boundless opportunities for women in the United States, and to the unique blending of ethnicities and religions and races into harmonious families, her own included, that continues to be a true strength of the United States Porter examines women's roles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the millennium, from the vantage point of someone who grew up in a working-class, male-dominated family. She explores the emotional price exacted by dislocation from one's native land and traditions; traveling and living in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; and the evolving character of marriage and family in twenty-first-century America. |
| english language unity act: Latinos Facing Racism Joe R. Feagin, Jose A. Cobas, 2015-11-17 Feagin and Cobas provide the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. Based on a national survey, we learn how a diverse group of talented Latinos Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, and others respond to and cope with the commonplace white racial framing and discriminatory practices. Drawing on extensive interviewing, the authors address the recurring discrimination of ordinary whites directed against Spanish speakers and individuals with presumed Latino phenotypes. These incidents occur in everyday encounters, such as when male and female Latinos travel or shop. The book also chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside Latino areas. Critical and conforming Latino responses to recurring white discrimination are also extensively examined, as well as the diverse Latino reactions to remedial programs like affirmative action and to the ideal of assimilation into the proverbial US melting pot. |
| english language unity act: Legislative Calendar United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2006 |
| english language unity act: Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations , 2006 Formerly known as the International Citation Manual--p. xv. |
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Mar 1, 2025 · most recent effort was in 2023, when Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and JD Vance, R-Ohio, introduced the English Language Unity Act. Vance is now vice president. How many …
Fall 2019 Advocateacate - proenglish.org
taxpayer-funded foreign language translations and interpretations for all federally-funded agencies and contractors. ProEnglish is also proud of its perseverance and tenacity on Capitol Hill as we …
US voters speak many languages, but non-English …
proposed an "English Language Unity Act" to make English the official language of the United States. Despite the potential electoral advantages of campaigning in multiple
TH S H. R. 997 - GovInfo
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 5 Unity Act of 2011’’. 6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7 The Congress finds and declares the following: 8 (1) The United States is comprised of individ …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION H. R. 997
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 3 Unity Act of 2019’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 The Congress finds and declares the following: 6 (1) The United States is composed of individ …
Text #2: “English as a First Language” - johnbowne.org
Jan 30, 2017 · Just the title of H.R. 997, the “EnglishlanguageLanguage Unity Act of 2011,” brings to minddothattextold“unityjoke about the Holy Roman Empire (neither holy, …
ProEnglish Honors Rep. Steve Scalise with Unity Award
59 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, and the expense to taxpayers of multilingual translations is rising at the local, state and federal governmental …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION H. R. 1862
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 5 Unity Act of 2025’’. 6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7 The Congress finds and declares the following: 8 (1) The United States is composed of individ …
On the Fence/Sobre el Muro: Attitudes toward English …
Language Act would declare English as the United States government’s official language, and the English Language Unity Act would extend the law to enforce the use of English at all official …
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List Of States Declared English As The Official Language Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas They never declared English as the official language, although it was However, only about
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Oklahoma, Kansas, Idaho, Arizona, Iowa and Missouri passed Official English legislation. U.S. English continues its work in several other states to urge the introduction of Official English. …
Winter 2024 Advocateacate - proenglish.org
Please support ProEnglish as we seek passage of the English Language Unity Act in Congress, and as we work to add to the number of states passing official English legislation. There is …
Representative Bradley Byrne Is 57th Supporter of Official …
cosponsor to The English Language Unity Act of 2017! ProEnglish has been tirelessly lobbying more U.S. Senators and Congressmen to cosponsor both the House and Senate versions of …
English Language Unity Act Gains Support in Congress E
the Senate version of the English Language Unity Act (S. 678). He stated, “this legislation will strength-en the cords of unity that comes from sharing one vision and one official language.” …
Summer 2022 Advocateacate
Rep. Gus Bilirakis Is Newest Cosponsor Of The English Language Unity Act Official English Supporter John Boozman Wins Arkansas Primary Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), the most …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION S. 542 - GovInfo
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 3 Unity Act of 2025’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 Congress finds and declares the following: 6 (1) The United States is comprised of individ-7 …
Conclusion - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
policy (currently called the English Language Unity Act), but the bill never passes, no matter which party is in power or who is president. Most state and local governments provide at least some …
Congressman Steve King, R-IA August 2, 2012 House …
Thank you for inviting me to appear today in support of my bill, H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act, which will enshrine English as the official language of the United States. More than …
Congressman Steve King, R-IA August 2, 2012 House …
Thank you for inviting me to appear today in support of my bill, H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act, which will enshrine English as the official language of the United States. More than …
Preparing for the ACT 2024–2025
Content of the ACT Sections English Section The English section consists of several essays, or passages, each accompanied (English items ... language skills and to reflect students’ …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION S. 542
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 3 Unity Act of 2025’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 Congress finds and declares the following: 6 (1) The United States is comprised of individ-7 …
TESTIMONY OF DR. ROSALIE PEDALINO PORTER, Ed.D …
H.R. 997, THE “ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNITY ACT” Hearing on . Thursday, August 2, 2012 . 2141 Rayburn House Office Building ... English language, a skill that enabled me to quickly …
Fall 2020 Advocateacate - proenglish.org
when elected” and Martin included H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act, among the bills that he would support. PGA Star Keeps Improving His Golf Game And His English Joaquin …
ProEnglish Testifies Before Congress
“English Language Unity Act” was ProEnglish chairman Dr. Porter. She stated: “Making English the official language of the United States would Dr. Rosalie Porter t h e P r o e n g l i s h a d v o …
CONGRESSIONAL SIMULATION DAY
• Kids Online Safety Act • English Language Unity Act • Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act • Protecting the Right to Organize Act Informational Zoom Session: April 16 at 5:30pm DATE & …
Testimony of The Honorable Charles A. Gonzalez (TX-20) …
Hearing on: H. R. 997, the "English Language Unity Act of 2011" August 02, 2012. Page 1 of 2 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Nadler, Hermano Conyers, and Members of the Subcommittee, …
CONGRESSIONAL SIMULATION DAY
• English Language Unity Act • Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act • Protecting the Right to Organize Act TIME & DATE Saturday, December 7 Registration & Check-In: 8am-8:50am | …
CCCC Guideline on the National Language Policy CCCC
Congress, is the English Language Unity Act (H.R. 997). In declaring English the official language of the U.S., this bill would remove the requirement for federal agencies to operate in languages …
What Prevents Massachusetts Schools from Implementing the …
In 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill to declare English as the official language, but it was unsuccessful (English Language Unity Act of 2017). Thus, to date, the …
HEARING - ia801901.us.archive.org
ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNITY ACT OF 2011 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF …
ProEnglish Applauds West Virginia for Becoming 32nd State …
recent Senate co-sponsors of “The English Language Unity Act” (S. 678). With Sena-tor Cotton and Senator Rounds joining the bill, there are now eight Senators in total who officially support …
CONTRACTING WITH FOREIGNERS THE POTENTIAL ABSENCE …
S. 2611, 109th Cong. (2006), National Language Act of 2005, (H.R. 4408, 109th Cong. (2005) (Act proposing to declare English as the official language of the country); English Language Unity …
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Tamil Nadu, stood outside a local political party official-language-designation.pdf Banishing Colonial Specters: Language Ideology and Education Text - S.678 - 117th Congress (2021 …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION H. R. 997
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 3 Unity Act of 2023’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 The Congress finds and declares the following: 6 (1) The United States is composed of individ …
2010 Mid-term Election Results and what they Mean for …
Steve King’s English Language Unity Act, or Rep. Virginia Foxx’s Multilingual Services Accounting Act, or Rep. Tom Price’s Common Sense English Act. The 2010 midterm elections certainly …
Summer 2019 Advocateacate
English Language Unity Act In recent days and weeks a dozen more members of the 116th Congress have become the newest co-sponsors of the English Language Unity Act in the …
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“The English Language Unity Act of 2017”, a bill which would establish English as our nation’s official language. U.S.ENGLISH is the leading voice on Capitol Hill to pass this critical …
Winter 2019 Advocateacate - proenglish.org
support for passage of the English Language Unity Act. The recent Rasmussen Reports poll sponsored by ProEnglish . showed that 81% of Americans believe that English should be the …
March 5, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE S1133
Mar 5, 2013 · mon language, misunderstandings arise. Furthermore, the individuals who do not speak the language of the majority miss out on many opportuni-ties to advance in society and …
AMENDMENT TO RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117-4
1 TITLE IV—ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 UNITY 3 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 5 Unity Act of 2021’’. 6 SEC. 402. ENGLISH AS OFFICIAL …
Tongue -tied: Language Policy and Monolingualism in America
The number of co-sponsors of the English Language Unity Act increased to 119 yesterday with the support of Michigan Congressman Fred Upton. Rep. Upton becomes the fifth new co-sponsor …
Summer 2020 Advocateacate
As Newsmax has reported, Good “wants English to be the official language of the U.S.” If Bob Good wins his congressional election on Nov. 3, then it would be great to add him as a new …
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English Language Amendment, 174 5 English Language Unity Act, 175 7, 180, 181, 208 English language, and immigration, 155 7 English language, required for citizenship, 154, 176 English, …
Spring 2020 Advocateacate
The English Language Unity Act, also known as S. 678 in the United States Senate and H.R. 997 in the United States House of Representatives, was constructed precisely to deal with national …
TH ST CONGRESS SESSION S. 1109 - GovInfo
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘English Language 3 Unity Act of 2023’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 Congress finds and declares the following: 6 (1) The United States is comprised of individ-7 …
ProEnglish Exposes $44 Million Spent on Obamacare …
make sure Rep. Steve King’s “English Language Unity Act” (H.R. 997) is passed and signed into law. Unlike most of the world’s countries, America lacks an official language law. Making …
Spring 2020 Advocateacate
The English Language Unity Act, also known as S. 678 in the United States Senate and H.R. 997 in the United States House of Representatives, was constructed precisely to deal with national …
ProEnglish Honors Rep. Steve Scalise with Unity Award
59 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, and the expense to taxpayers of multilingual translations is rising at the local, state and federal governmental …
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Language Trivia! How many languages are there in the world? Roughly 6,500. Language Trivia! What is the official language of the United States? None! H.R.997 - English Language Unity …
