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English Has Never Been America’s Official Language. Trump Wants To Change That. Is It Necessary?

Did you know the United States operates without an official language? President Trump wants to declare English the US's official language. But is it necessary? read more

Lozano discusses ‘An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States’

Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history, researches Latino history with a focus on Mexican American history, the American West, migration and immigration, and comparative studies in race and ... read more

Scientists reveal which language will surpass English in the United States and say when it will happen

There has always been a significant Spanish-speaking population in the United States, a consequence of the Spanish Empire that colonised huge parts of the Americas from the 15th century onwards. The ... read more

Maintaining Spanish in the United States: Steps toward the Effective Practice of Heritage Language Re-Acquisition/Development

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper examines the pedagogical challenges involved in using formal/structured instructional settings to maintain heritage languages ... read more

Massey study shows rapid loss of Spanish language among Mexican immigrants in the United States

A new study (available in PDF format) co-written by Douglas Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, refutes claims that Latin American ... read more

Tim Kaine is right, Spanish was first European language spoken in United States

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine touted his language skills in Phoenix by delivering a speech in Spanish, saying his ticket would focus on immigration reform and an economy that works ... read more

New 'language' discovered to be developing in the United States

A new dialect has been emerging from certain parts of Miami due to cultural intermingling between Spanish and English speakers. The distinct dialect is a Spanish-influenced dialect of English, born ... read more

Spanish, not English, is the most all-American language and has been for centuries

Is it dangerous to speak Spanish in public in Trump's America? Well, sí! Just this month, we've seen a lawyer threaten to call ICE after he overheard people in a restaurant in Manhattan speak in ... read more

Can Spanish avoid America’s language graveyard?

IN A sunny classroom scattered with Spanish translations of “Green Eggs and Ham” and Spanish-English dictionaries, Anabel Barrón reads aloud to her second-grade class from a book about penguins. “Y ... read more