Its goals include making english america's official language, giving every child the opportunity to learn english and eliminating costly and ineffective multilingual policies while similarly concentrating in lobbying efforts as us english, inc, english first differs in maintaining a strictly national approach. On a vote of 62-46, the michigan house of representatives votes to make english the state's official language. Making english an official language of taiwan would be another effort at pursuing the international for taiwan, then given its lack of recognition by most nations. English is an important international language, yet, most counties in the world didn't make it an official language 369 views view upvoters answer requested by mac mckeown. Making english the official language doesn't mean they can't speak their own anymoreit just means that american's don't have to learn their language to.
The official language is the language that is used to carry out official business in a country the most common official language is english the most common official language is english further down are benefits of making use of an official language. There are a variety of pros and cons that correspond to my topic the pro side of this topic agrees to making the english language the official, or common, language of our country. Making english the official language would send an unequivocal message of unwelcome to the non-english parts of the world, completely counter to the melting pot ideal which makes the us so great an official language would accomplish nothing.
Should english be the official language at japanese companies japanese companies like rakuten and uniqlo are making english their official company language. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of the hill advertisement i can say with confidence that proficiency in the english language is the greatest asset an immigrant. English is the most common official language, an alternative to having a single official language is official multilingualism, where a government recognizes.
Taiwan will make english an official language beginning next year in an attempt to help citizens pursue opportunities abroad, premier william lai announced this week in an interview with united daily news, lai said that the move would encourage taiwanese people to learn the language which would, in. The perceived threat of immigration sometimes leads states to adopt laws that make english the official language but many of these laws have little effect. A country with no official language is not one nation united, but a collection of enclaves that can't understand one another making english the official language of the united states is the right thing to do.
A movement to make english the official language in all government documents and public discourse is gaining steam, with 32 states having adopted legislation or a constitutional amendment. Honda motor co has decided to switch its official corporate language for international communications within the company to english by 2020, the company announced publicly in its annual. English would be designated the official language of the us government - indeed, the only language that federal employees and officials, including members of congress, would be permitted to use for most government business. A decade-old resolution designating english as the official language of carpentersville was repealed by the village board tuesday in a move village president john skillman says is long overdue. Former honda motor co ceo takanobu ito famously said five years ago that it was stupid to make english the official work language of a japanese company now that he's left the building.
Although english is the most commonly spoken language in the united states, and although several individual states have established english as their official language, the united states has not. We need to make english the official language of america we speak it in congress, courthouses, national parks, and presidential speeches it is spoken in almost. Making english the official language of the united states would ignore the rich linguistic history and the current linguistic diversity of this country and, if other countries' language legislation is any guide, would cause a lot of unnecessary fuss. The english-only movement, also known as the official english movement, is a political movement for the use of only the english language in official united states government operations through the establishment of english as the only official language in the us the us has never had a legal policy proclaiming an official national language.
On august 1st, 1996, the house of representatives passed legislation making english the official language of the united states supporters of the measure say that english forms the glue that keeps. English is not the first language of germans or any minority of relevant size living in germany making english an official language makes sense if a) it is the. The forwarded email is in the form of a letter from colonel harry riley usa ret criticizing 33 senators for voting against making english the official language of the us. From rumors that the founding fathers decided against making english the official language to the belief that most immigrants oppose official english, this document.
English as the official language essay - emblematic of the period, theodore roosevelt asserted in 1919: 'we have room for but one language here, and that is the english language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns out people as americans and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding- house' (daniels, 8. Making english the official language is one of king's pet projects he pitched the idea during his race for iowa state senate after he was elected, it was the first bill he drafted. Proenglish seeks to make english the official language of the united states of america.