-Caveat Lector- How the hell can anyone say that English is at risk of extinction. It is the most widely spoken second language in the world and 3rd most spoken language in the world ( maybe second when you consider Chinese isn't really one language)
The old joke: what do you call someone who speaks 2 languages: bilingual what do you call someone who speaks many languages: multilingual what do you call someone who speaks 1 language: American The more languages you speak the more different approaches to reality you have. The problem is not Spanish kids learning English, It's Americans who will not learn anything else. on 10/26/02 2:35 AM, Euphorian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > 10/25/02 8:34:40 PM, William Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - eliminate proven teaching methods that work well (bilingual education - >> which teaches English), replacing them with one method that has been proven >> to be less successful (English immersion). >> >> Bilingual education is essentially classes taught in Spanish...it ought to >> be abolished. Immersion is the only way. Our language is at risk of >> extinction and needs to be protected. Our country is an English-speaking one >> and must remain that way. >> Bill. > > Don't know 'bout you but I speak American ... anyway, the more languages the > kids learn to > speak (aside from American) is mucho beneficialissimo. This of course works > many ways, > everyone gets to not only learn the majority lingo but learn (and teach) > others as well. > There's nothing more pathetic than an American meeting a furrenner -- here or > abroad -- > and can't demonstrate some facility in a language beyond his or her own. A > great example > in Chevy Chase in "Nat'l Lampoons Euro Vacation". > > This "English-only" effort is just another ruse by the Englanders theyselfs > who imposed this > @#$%&*^ rule on their "empire" in order to bleed the Celts and others dry of > any cultural > heritage other than what emanated from the dictates of Londonistan. It's been > a real pain > in the arse 'n ail for the Welsh and the Scots and the Bretons (France playing > along) and > the Manx and the Irish to throw off the yoke of lingual serfdom and > subserviance to the > latent haemophaeliac crowd. I've even seen movies made o'er there -- > supposedly in > English -- that had to have subtitles for American audiences. May as well > learn a > Continental language ... helps with the eavesdropping in public places. > Nothing more fun > than watching the expression on a non-native American speaker's face when he > tells a joke > in a furren tongue and then you laugh right along with 'em. Beyond the > Englanders and > their unsuccessful attempts to cow their conquered, we have a whole buncha > peoples who > have heritages that should permit a little more cross-conversation between the > New and > Old Worlders. This will tend to lessen the alienation of those who are coming > here and > gonna be here whether we like it or not. 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