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| Title | New Article from James Crawford |
| Body | Language Policy Research Unit (LPRU) www.language-policy.org Educational Policy Studies Laboratory (EPSL) www.asu.edu/educ/epsl Arizona State University The Language Policy Research Unit has just posted the following new article from James Crawford. The article may be viewed at http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/features/brief8.htm "Hard Sell: Why Is Bilingual Education So Unpopular with the American Public?" James Crawford ...While attention has been paid to the rhetoric of English-only proponents, arguments supporting bilingual education have rarely been subjected to analysis. This paper will seek to remedy that omission, exploring the ways in which bilingual education has been framed by the programs's advocates as well as its critics, and the relative success or failure of these approaches. It will begin with a brief overview of voter attitudes toward bilingual education before campaign arguments have been heard. It will consider opposing hypotheses about sources of opposition to the program. It will analyze the various paradigms that have been used to explain bilingual education and evaluate the strategies that have been used to resist English-only campaigns. It will conclude with some recommendations on improving advocacy for language-minority students. LPRU, under the direction of Terrence G. Wiley, with assistance from Senior Researcher Wayne E. Wright, promotes research and policy analysis on the challenges and opportunities posed by national and global multilingualism. LPRU priorities include: a) interdisciplinary studies to promote equitable language policies in education and society; b) demographic studies with policy implications for language rights and preservation; c) historical and contemporary studies on language contact, conflict, and minority language accommodation and promotion; and, d) media, legal and legislative analyses to inform public discourse and policy making in state, national, and international contexts. www.language-policy.org |
| Source | The Language Policy Research Unit |
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