Blending In--Yet Keeping “Heartfelt Connection” to Native Language
Education

Blending In--Yet Keeping “Heartfelt Connection” to Native Language

By Mary Ann Zehr — March 21, 2008 1 min read
  • Save to favorites
  • Print
Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Copy URL

The Orlando Sentinel ran an article this week, “Immigrants want to blend in, keep mother tongue,” that touches on some big-picture issues concerning language policy in this country. The United States has never made English its official language, although 30 states have, it says. It tells some personal stories of immigrants or children of immigrants who want to blend in with U.S. society by speaking English yet also want to keep their language and culture.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She is the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.