Word: english
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is something very wrong with the American attitude towards learning a foreign language. The days are past when we could expect English to be spoken everywhere. As America's economic and cultural domination of the world declines, it is imperative that our nation end its ethnocentricism and make an effort to learn about other countries...
...idea that English is the only language worth knowing is not only an insult to the countries with whom we practice trade and tourism, but it is also a handicap to our own success and culture...
...constant question "Don't you speak English?" in the streets and shops of major European cities is nothing short of an embarrassment...
...addition to meeting those needs, McGrath said her priorities would include "opportunities for teacher renewal," increased parent involvement and reducing the dropout rate, especially among members of minority groups and people whose first language is not English. According to Fantini, Cambridge has a dropout rate of 38 percent...
...group charges that affluent English home buyers seeking vacation retreats are snapping up Welsh country cottages and pricing out the locals. In retaliation, the Sons have been setting fire to purchases made in Wales by outlanders: more than 140 arson attacks since 1979 have resulted in damages totaling almost $1 million. Official nationalist groups in Wales dissociate themselves from the property extremists...