National Language

To their discredit the Founding Fathers espoused the racist notion that English could be utilized to exclude non-English speaking groups from mainstream American politics and policies.

Think English is America's national language? Think again! Find out more about our language laws and how immigration effects us.

A look at the desirability of having a national language.

This is an excerpt of the syndicated paper on multilingualism in Philippine society and how it affects trial court practice and procedure. For an overview of the entire article, visit http://dwanderingmind.wordpress.com/legal-articles-and-legal-papers/

The first Americans did not speak English, and neither did most of our ancestors of the Mass Migration into the US at the turn of the 20th Century...and many of them died without speaking the tongue very well. That would be their children's job.

"Enhancing the role of English in our society will strengthen assimilation and preserve our country's unity."

Is it possible that works translated into other languages can actually be better than the original?

A study on why English should not be the national language of the USA.

Comics are really good for practice if you want to increase your vocabulary and learn how to use typical expressions in a natural way.

Easy notes for elementary students: you can make this into an overhead

Did you ever wonder where our language came from.Why do we spell words the way we do? Where did these words even come from?

In the 11th century England was conquered by a French-speaking army. This happened in 1066, when William, Duke of Normandy (a region in northern France), defeated the English King Harold at the battle of Hastings.

Over the stern objections of nationalists in France, Switzerland and elsewhere, English is gaining ground as the world's lingua franca. Does this mean that the translation industry is on its way to becoming obsolete?

ESL teachers and students should strive to be better communicators in English rather than achieving that perfect English accent.

American popular culture has been doing more than adding cute phrases and silly sentences to English. It has been fomenting the destruction of English itself!

English should remain the primary language of the U.S. In Lawson Inada's "Kicking the Habit" the author describes the discomfort in conforming to the culture of the U.S. His views will be argued against.

Is English the hardest language in the world for foreign speakers to learn?

Unfortunately, there are places where employees do not know how to speak the language and they are forced to speak whatever their English sounds like to be able to earn a paycheck in this tough economy.

The importance of keeping the native tongue because your speech tells about history/background.

From ancient manuscripts to the Internet, English resists the efforts of English teachers and lawmakers to keep it under contro.

Should English be the only language of instruction in our classrooms?

A quotable quote about the English language.

A look at the evolution of languages; as well as the triggers that effect that evolution.

Discusses some of the strange properties of the English Language.

What seems like a relatively uncomplicated answer will quickly become an elaborate mess if one considers the necessary implications of a government sponsored language.

English is a well known language and has often been referred to as a "world language". So what do you think about the English Language? Is it important now a days? Why?

Because of many races in Malaysia, English and Malay language be the main language to communicate each other

This essay uses an Middle English poem to illustrate the prepositional and syntactical differences between and transformations from Old English to Middle English.

What in the world is Scots? It is a Germanic language, just like English. It's the closest language to English. It's spoken in the highlands of Scotland. I always thought it was just another weird English accent when I heard it on the television.

This is a poem I wrote due to the fact that I couldn't communicate with someone over the telephone as she had a very strong accent and I didn't understand her, she didn't understand me either.

It is only natural that colleagues who come from the same country will want to converse in their own language at work. But many English-speaking colleagues are often offended and wonder whether they are speaking in a derogative manner toward others

This essay explores the basic importance of having an official language in the USA.

I am an English-speaking American. So why is it that I have to jump through additional steps to hear things in English?

"People have always come to the United States because in the mind of the world it is a place of real opportunity. The hidden costs of democracy, of assimilation, are not spelled out in the papers they must file to live here."

Should society make language accommodations for legal immigrants?

The dawn of the Italian Renaissance triggered the direct influx of Italian vocabulary into the English language. Ever since, Italian has been a major source of lexical supply.