Final draft English-Only Rules In the Workplace As the increasing of immigration in the Unite States‚ English as one of the Global language that is more and more important. Today 1.75 billion people speak English in necessary situation that means one in four of us. Yet English is the common language when employees come from different counties‚ the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Origin Discrimination often considers “English-Only rules” in the workplace
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England’s main objective in establishing North American colonies was to seek fortune for the monarchy. They had been witness to the Spanish endeavors that proved highly valuable. They also wished to spread Christianity in the new land. The English monarchy saw many opportunities as Spanish power was declining. The first method employed by England to gain power oversees was privateering‚ in which gold and slaves were stolen from Spanish trade ships. Tobacco became their most useful
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Running head: ENGLISH ONLY DEBATE English Only Debate Grand Canyon University ESL-223N SEI English Language Teaching Foundations & Methodologies English Only Debate The English only debate has been an ongoing deliberation for many decades in the United States. Questions from political parties‚ legislators‚ and common people have been a hot topic on the English only subject and what they believe would be best for the nation (Echevarria‚ Vogt‚ & Short‚ 2008). Would having
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Running head: ENGLISH ONLY DEBATE The English Only Debate Layne Smith Grand Canyon University Instructor: Dr. Rollen Fowler ESL 523 / English Language Teaching Foundations and Methods Revised July 30‚ 2008 Abstract This paper describes some of the issues relating to the proponents and opponents to the English only debate. It is an argument that is deeply rooted into the cultural history of the United States. The proponents of English only laws view the spread of multiculturalism in schools
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environment even though the learning process can be troublesome for some people. In his essay “Mute in an English-Only World”‚ Chang-rae Lee describes the difficulties that his Mom had when they immigrated to America at very first year without fully developed English speaking skill: “I saw every day the exacting price and power of language‚ especially with my mother‚ who was an outsider in an English-only world…She often encountered great difficulty whenever she went out” (541). Moreover‚ language is a
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deprivation. Many of them do not want to pass their native language on to their children because they consider English to be more socially and economically valued. (Linton‚ 2004) The loss of a mother tongue by language minority children has severe consequences. Not only does it threaten to inhibit academic advancement‚ communication within the family slowly deteriorates because parents and children only speak the same language when it is necessary. Consequently‚ lacking communication that would normally
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English Only Debate The English only movement is a movement aimed to make English the official language of the United States. There are many pros and cons of making English the official language of the United States and there are many people who support this and many people who oppose of it. When making a decision to support or to oppose of the English only movement one must be aware of the pros and cons and how it will affect everyone involved. The English only movement has many pros that will
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Matthew is planning to open a manufacturing facility. He is considering a “Christian-only” hiring policy whereby he would determine to hire only professing‚ evangelical Christians to work in the facility. He asks you for your advice on the following questions: 1. Would such a policy be legal? If so‚ under what terms and what might the restrictions be? 2. From a Great Commission perspective‚ would this policy be advisable? 3. How would your answers change‚ if at all‚ if they planned to open
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English is the Only Foreign Language worth Learning? Nowadays English is used almost in all spheres of international communication: business‚ politics‚ science‚ culture‚ etc. Speaking English is one of the main conditions to get a good job. For this reason one may think that English is the only foreign language worth learning to feel confident in the society. But is that really so? I strongly believe that a modern person should learn more languages or speak any other language but English for
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English is the only foreign language worth learning I likely diasgree with this statement. Every language is worth learning because it is how we communicate with each other. English is third most spoken language in the world‚ after Chinese and Spanish. I think English is leading language on this planet because Chinese and Spanish are spoken only in few countries. There are approximately 370 million native English speakers all around the world. On top that‚ there are roughly the same amout who
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