English Only Movement Abstract The English Only movement has frequently been cited as a xenophobic effort to make life more difficult for immigrants. The movement has been directed at Asians‚ Hispanics and Germans at various times. Many states continue to pass laws attempting to make English the only valid language in the United States. Courts continue to overturn most of these laws as unconstitutional. English Language Movement The English Language Movement is not a new one. We
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This article focuses English-only policies that are imposed in the workplace and the effects/possible effects that it has on employees whose first language is not English. While many companies are aware that they need to be "multilingual friendly" from a customer services standpoint and will hire bilingual and multilingual employees to accommodate non-English speakers’ needs; they also impose rules that do not allow multilingual speakers to speak anything but English in the workplace‚ even within
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English Only or Not? I Table of Content Page Content 1. Introduction 2. English only Policies 3. Lawsuits of Discriminations 4. EEOC vs. Pro English 5. Conclusion 6. Works Cited English Only or Not? Introduction In the United States we are filled with different cultures and backgrounds form other countries‚ for that reason many other languages other than English are often spoken in the workplace and
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Why English-only policy would not work? What would happen to America if immigrants could not speak their native-languages anymore? The use of languages other than English stimulated a movement known as “English Only Movement” in the U.S‚ which has been a subject of great controversy. On one hand‚ the pro English only agree it would encourage immigrants who do not speak English to learn it; therefore‚ it would turn them Americans bringing the U.S together as a whole. On the other
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for multilingualism in order to embrace different cultures and ideas‚ while the other side supports an English-only policy to unify the country. Although we are a nation of diversity and some think an English-only policy limits immigrants from being as equally successful as English-speakers and prevents diversity from being present in our country‚ I disagree. I advocate for an English-only policy in the U.S. because having a common language among all unifies the diverse country together‚ and allows
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Michael Howland ESL 223n 11-9-12 Professor Simpson English-Only Debate America‚ we have a cultural diversity that is unlike any other in the entire world‚ people from every country in the world come to our borders wanting to start over with a better life‚ live the “American Dream”. And because of this our nation has turned into a giant melting pot of all different types of cultures‚ races‚ religions‚ and one of the most important‚ languages. Language is the main way we communicate‚ interact
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but the most common by far is English‚ although other languages such as Spanish and French are also quite common. According to the CIA World Factbook‚ on a census taken in 2000: 82.1% of Americans speak English 10.7% of Americans speak Spanish 3.8% of Americans speak another Indo-European language (www.cia.gov) These results can be slightly surprising since the assumption by many Americans would be that there are a higher percentage of people who speak English in the United States. Enrollment
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the "English-Only Rule"? "The English-Only Rule is a rule that some businesses have that require there employees to speak only English inside the workplace."(HRM) There is an ongoing debate on whether or not this rule is a safety issue or just plain discrimination. Some people see the rule as a helpful safety precaution around the workplace‚ while others see it as a discrimination of there native language. Either way the rule does exist and is causing a stir around the workplace. English-Only
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organization that requires employees to only speak English would be discriminatory. According to Gevertz and Dowell (2014) English speaking policies are and will continue to be controversial. An organization can make these polices as long as it is in good faith with environment of the organization and not meant to discriminate against a national origin characteristic. In a military setting the Equal Opportunity talks about the commander can issue an order to speak only English when it is a Non-Discriminatory
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An Argumentation on the Bilingual education and English-only Movement The question of whether the U.S should have an official language and whether bilingual language education can be accepted is highly controversial. Hispanic concentrated areas like California‚ the Southwest and Florida are especially troubled by the proposed English-only movements. People stands for English-only movement claims that linguistic divisions is harmful to political unity‚ while single official language can provide
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