It's Time to Declare English the Official Language

"It's time to declare English as an official language," Avoid using English as an official language to infringe private life, corporate life, every day life absolutely. We are limited to activities. "- SI Hayakawa America is a big society today Turner In every place, every city and every state there are german, chinatown and Greek cities. America has evolved into a multicultural society as well.

Senator Hayakawa in California declared English as the official language of the United States in 1981 and introduced the first English correction (ELA) to overturn state or federal regulations that require other languages. The amendment was passed by Congress, passed through the House of Representatives in 1996 and approved by the Senate ten years later, but the bill itself did not become a law. In 2010, a businessman named Tim James ran towards the Governor of Alabama, but in this campaign it was promised that a nationwide driving test will be conducted in English.

Advertising English as the official language of the United States has both a dark history and a prospect for the future.

Over 200 years, Americans have not claimed that English is an official language. Until 1981, Congress did not even consider English as a national official language. The former only official language law can be traced back to 1923. It is a bill that calls "Americans" the national language. Since 1780 John Adams proposed the establishment of an official language school to set the English standards. This idea was rejected by the Continental Congress as an unfair role for the government and a threat to individual freedom. It was not until 1906 that an English requirement for citizenship of US citizens was born - this is the first major language restriction established at the federal level.

Of the five English-centered countries, Canada (official bilingual: English and French) and New Zealand (official three languages: English, Maori, New Zealand sign language) are the only languages ​​officially used at the federal level I announced one. However, in Canada outside Quebec, about 86% of the population is speaking French and claiming that about 80% is the mother tongue. English is the main language. The official language of Quebec is only French, and in 2007 it claims only about 17% of Canadians are bilingual English - French speakers (Statistics Canada, 2007). A stable trend (About 13% of the population claimed bilingualism in English and French in 1971)