Should English be America's official language?

Question

I have to write a paper for my spanish class and I need good opinions not stupid answers. I support english as america's first language but I just need help forming my opinion.

Answer 1

Well, since you ask, I shall say that NO ! It should not be. If it were, then all those fascists that are bitching about english being this and being that would be much, much worse.
To those wise people that insist in saying that two languages leads to separation, division, etc, of the country, like they say it is happening in some places, in Russia the czars first and later the comunists made all of the different peoples that lived within the country learn Russian precisely for that reason. Even when Poland was part of the Russian empire they forbid the use of polish and made Russian mandatory.
No good. Poland became independent after WW I in spite of spending almost 150 years as part of the Russian empire , and you know what happened after the perestroika

Answer 2

It would be ironic at the very least that the US that is constantly criticized for destroying the English language would make it the official language. Languages evolve. How would we decide which is the standard English. Ours? Great Britian's? Ireland's? Australia's? South Africa's? India's? Shakespear's? King James'?
English is already the country's defacto language because the majority of the population speaks it. If the majority became spanish speaking, it should change to spanish. That's the way a democrasy works. As the population of Spanish speakers grow, it is only appropriate that more things are written in Spanish.

*I'm from Montana which is Spanish for mountain and even on our flag it is written "oro y plata" (gold and silver). Would we have to change our name and flag? What about Colorado or San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas?

Answer 3

Yes, I think so. Many countries have a first language and they still teach two languages in the classroom. If English were the first language, we could still teach Spanish. It doesn't mean English is better; it just serves as the primary language for public notices, road signs, etc. Some people say that Esperanto (one common language that everyone, ideally, would be able to speak) is a good solution to this, but personally, I don't think it's possible.

Answer 4

America's official language is English because it is the most spoken language in america then comes spanish.

Answer 5

it is funny i saw your question. im currently reading a lot about language policy, and the conflicts on this background are very common. in the case of US i would say you will need a very good thought through language planning. i could think about English as about lingua franca (common language) for the different nationalities , which populate usa. but giving a special status to spanish and some other languages or language variations is also very important - from the point of view of education, socialization of economically and socially deprived ethnic groups, international cooperation, etc. the trick is in the moment when you start to show respect to the languages of minorities, you will motivate them to learn the dominant language. that is what i believe in.
you can google "language policy" and see how much there is on this topic, especially on US issues.

Answer 6

Yes, it should. First of all our signs are in English. We've spoken it mostly since we were colonies. All the other groups who have come here have learned English. There's nothing wrong with a few bilingual signs, but it's not fair to the people who are already here to have to deal with a language other than the one they know, unless they choose to. Nobody is forcing the immigrants to come here. I don't have a problem with immigrants coming here, but they all need to learn English just like everybody else did.

Answer 7

i will in hassle-free terms provide you an guidance you could slip in someplace in case you like. on the top of the nineteenth century France made a planned force to rigidity each physique to talk French. in the previous which you had 5 considerable languages and various dialects, French became spoken in hassle-free terms previous a undeniable social point outdoors Paris and area. yet in view that all the little ones had to flow to college this became used to coach them French, in college they have been forbidden to talk their interior of sight dialect - and punished in the event that they did - so as that for the 1st time even interior the backside of nowhere French became understood and spoken. This became accomplished to end the Revolution artwork and supply a countrywide team spirit and identity to many disparate components. One became Auvergnat or Normand in the previous being French. It additionally allowed the government to be understood by utilising each physique while it positioned up declarations and to no longer could desire to wade by using distinctive dialects while doing criminal paperwork. It worked so nicely that the 4 different languages disappeared.

Answer 8

i hope this doesn't offend ur writing skills, but what i english told me to do to write a good persuasive paper is to follow this order:
1. intro
2. reasons why (english should be america's 1st language)
3. acknowledge the opposition
3. biggest reason why (english should be america's 1st language)
4. conclusion

hope this helps!

Answer 9

Maybe you have another language you think it should be?
Perhaps Latin or Greek or German or Aramaic?
Lets stick with English, be it official or not.

Government's taken 231 years and still has not reach an opinion
or sees need to do so. BS.

Answer 10

Did you know that our founding fathers had a meeting to discuss this exact topic- only the choice was between GREEK and English?? They chose English and that's why our country speaks it today... interesting.