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Title:

English only in America? [videorecording] / Open University ; producer, Anne Diack.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

English-only movement--United States.
English language--Political aspects--United States.
Language policy--United States.
English-only movement--California.
Language policy--California.
Documentary films.
English language--United States.--United States.

Other Authors:

Diack, Anne.
Berry, Julie.
Open University.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Notes:

Originally produced for the BBC in 1995. Narrator, Julie Berry.

Summary:

Examines the debate over the English-only movement in the United States, focusing on repercussions of language policy measures such as California's Proposition 63 and the issues of bilingual education and language in the workplace. Advocates for and against the English-only policy present some of the social, legal, and educational implications.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38457975

Locations:

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella) — VIDEO