The Importance Of English Language In Mexico

Growing up from a different culture, Richard Rodriguez looks back on his experience on how he faced the situation as the child of Mexican immigrants. According to his 1982 memoir, “Hunger of Memory”, Rodriguez uses his own observation “to argue that if the children of immigrants are to succeed in the United States, they must separate themselves from their home culture and immerse themselves in the English oriented atmosphere of the American school” (980). In “Aria”, Rodriguez has created an autobiographic essay of his childhood. In his essay, the author is against bilingual educators, who believe that children in their first years of school should be educated in their native language. According to Rodriguez this education method is wrong, it won’t be helpful, therefore children should be knowledgeable in the same language as the public one. The author’s main point is to strongly motivate children of immigrant parents to adopt English as their primary language in order to comprehend public society and have a better future.

American Southwest has become a participant with the culture and difficulties to produce a better effect to the Hispanic language .The earliest exploration of the Southwest was in the 1540 by the conquistador Francisco Coronado. Later on the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, allowed the United States to gain control over the French and Spaniards occupants that became United States citizens. Southwest became now known as the states of Texas, Colorado, Arizona, California, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. An estimation that traveled to the Southwest was about 100,000 people that immigrated that were Spanish speakers. When different representative regions of Spain settled, they brought along with them their unique varieties of Spanish resulting

Many students who are English language learners come from a background were in their household they speak another language rather than English. This is why it is very hard for them to adapt when they are entering a school. According to the 1968 Bilingual Education Act, this act mentioned how English Language Learners faced problems and how they came up with educational programs to help students who were Spanish speaking students (Stewner-Manzanares, 1988, P.1). The Bilingual Education Act was put in place and with this act they wanted the federal government to deliver programs that would help students who were Spanish speakers (Stewner-Manzanares, 1988,

Since the early 1800’s, our nation has been trying to adopt English as a universal language among our citizens. Louisiana, in 1807, was the first state to begin this movement in its constitution as a condition to admittance to the Union. After the Mexican-American War in 1848, there were several tens of thousands Spanish speaking civilians that moved into our country, and this didn’t include the other non-English speaking people who lived among us. While we remain to be a free country, we are a people who needs to be on the same page. Laws and education need to remain consistent throughout.

“Language is power. If you cannot understand or be understood you have no power. You are at the mercy of everyone.” – (Rudat, 1994, Stow, Dodd 356) Should Americans be required to learn Spanish as a second language? The construction of our nation stands on documents written in English, however English is not our official language nor has it ever been. America is a “melting pot” in which English is the most prominent language, followed closely by Spanish. Requiring Americans to learn Spanish is a great controversy; I strongly believe that it should be a requirement, because it improves academic achievements, career success, and cultural and social understanding. The controversy has great counter arguments such as the double standard Americans are held to, and further division of the country. Regarding the counterarguments, I still firmly believe that it should be a requirement because the integration of a second language in our schools is more beneficial to our country’s success as a whole.

In addition, 4.4 million limited English Proficient students enrolled in the United States. President Bush proposes new plans for bilingual education. In his plan, it requires a three-year limit on bilingual education to be sufficient enough time for a student to obtain “English fluency” (Krashen, 2001).

America is a very diverse country shared with many cultures which is a beautiful thing and important to support everyone’s differences. This article, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” focuses on the language and culture of “Mexican” people in different stages. The article discusses education, different

Mexico is a country in North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States. Mexico is the third largest country in Latin America and has a population 121,736,809 people (2015). The country consist of 31 states and 1 federal district (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas. The primary language is Spanish fallowed by indigenous languages such as mayan, nahuatl, and other regional languages.

Before we begin, it is very important to understand the difference between an official language and a standard language. An official languages is one that is adopted by the government for document and business purposes, this would be most native people’s second language; one that the government sees as advantageous and necessary. Most of the time a standard language could also be referred to as the native language; a common language that the high majority of citizens use to converse outside of the government. Currently there is a major push to be bilingual, to the point where countries are adding or changing the official language(s). Countries that were presented and are using English because of government ordained laws are Kenya, Zambia, The Bahamas, Jamaica, New Zealand, Ireland; an extremely minimalistic representation the total amount of countries with English as an official language. Almost every other country, especially China and India, have their students studying English. It is advantageous for further education, business, and

“Parents force schools to speak English--only”, it sparks the audience's’ attention by the title alone. Focuses on schools managing their parents’ expectations for their children to get into a good college and get a good education. Discusses how people and or parents of the students who sought the need for a common language to be taught through all the schools in the state of California. Additionally, it discussed and elaborated how that many of the teaches that taught the bilingual programs, were not certified for the job. Therefore, the end of the bilingual programs in schools, brought change to the California school system, that even reflects in the present day about education in

Nowadays, there is no any education for the local language. So, many immigrants live hard, having the problems. Until the government start the local language education, it’s so hard for them to adopt the new

The government implementing English as the official legal language of America is imperative because a conformity of communication within our borders is needed to unify the vast diversity. Our mighty country was founded on providing all citizens with equality including inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The United States is a progressive nation that welcomes people from far and wide to come and savor the God-given freedoms enjoyed by all. With all of the diversity from the countless immigrants coming in to our port cities, looking for a more prosperous future, a necessary tie is needed to bring the people of the nation together. Interaction with others

A survey done by the Center for Applied Linguistics in 2008 found that "The findings indicate a serious disconnect between the national call to educate world citizens with high-level language skills and the current state of foreign language instruction in schools across the country"(Cal:Research). This is concerning as all of the competition for the U.S. is gaining a step and we 're doing nothing . If the U.S. expects to continue to be competitive in the global market we need to have bilingual citizens. In order to ensure this, we must require a foreign language be learned in high school.

“According to the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, from the 1997-98 school year to the 2008-09 school year, the amount of ESL learners enrolled in U.S. public schools increased from 3.5 million to 5.3 million, a 51% increase” (WeAreTeachers Staff). The number of international students is very hide in that country “the percentage of students ages 5-12 who speak a language other than English at home has doubled since 1980” (Shi, Steen 64). In our days, around 200 dialect are be spoken in America (WeAreTeachers). “According to the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS), Spanish was the most common home or first language, spoken by 71 % of ELL students, Chinese was second with 4%, followed by Vietnamese 3%, and French/Haitian Creole 2% ” ( Top Language 1).

Education in the 21st Century is based on the acquisition of information or skills, and according to (Blank) one of the main concerns for the adult student is that they want their education to be applicable to their everyday life; which includes their job. According to projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by the year 2016 more than 70% of all jobs in the U.S. will require some amount of technology skill (Ball 2011). Consequently, technology literacy is an growing concern for adults in the United States. Looking closer at the adult student in the U.S., there is a growing population of students who are English language learner; specifically hispanic americans. Statistics (Census,2000) report that of the 262 million people in the United States age five and older, nearly 18 percent speak a language other than English at home. This represents almost 47 million people and for nearly two-thirds of those 47 million, the language spoken at home is Spanish. Now many of those millions of adults are seeking or will be seeking to improve their English language skills in order to improve their job advancement. According to Yang (2005) for these hispanics who are not fluent in English, in particular, those who speak Spanish at home earned only 70.26 percent of the income of their coworkers who use English both at work and at home. Therefore, in order to prepare our adult hispanic students for jobs, both technologically and communicatively, we need to investigate if