Is there a necessity of making English official language in the United State?why?

Answer 1

Yeah because in some classes in East LA they teach in spanish only sometimes. But the language in America is English but we have no offical language so we can't say in America we have to learn english because we don't have to. But people are now choosing not to speak English to their 1 generation, first.

Answer 2

i'm in want of creating English the reputable language in words of how the authorities operates. that signifies that ballots, drivers checks, etc. in any language except English might want to bypass by ability of the wayside - and that i'm no longer attentive to any united states of america everywhere contained in the international that would not require reputable languages for authorities documentation. The English language is, after all, the binding component that holds united states of america's especially disparate inhabitants at the same time. If we commit to attend to English as in basic terms one language between others in this united states of america, we are able to in basic terms be helping the forces of cultural and political balkanization the following in united states of america, and the probable effect is apt to be a disaster for everybody in contact. A cursory look the following at Yahoo! solutions might want to educate that communication, except especially threads, is overwhelmingly in English - and if we are to appreciate each and each others' perspectives, that makes a good purchase of expertise. imagine if this thread had, say, 19 languages in it instead of English and an exceedingly small volume of Spanish - communication might want to for all sensible applications change into an impossibility.

Answer 3

Because if there is no official language, there is no standard.

There are hispanic children in schools that will be slaves in this economy because they don't speak English.

If you can't communicate, you dig ditches, pick cotton, or push a lawnmower.

Speaking a common language resolves these issues and gives everyone a chance.

PS any other country will require you to speak their language.

Answer 4

Because the English first colonized this country

Answer 5

please don't shout me down, but I say yes we do. It helps to have a culture unified at least on linguistic lines. If you don't have that, then you don't really have a United States, you just have a bunch of separate isolated cultures occupying the same real estate. Like the Balkans

Answer 6

No. First of all, there are many US citizens who have lived in the USA their whole lives but do not speak English as a native language. Even before the USA was established there were many Spanish speakers and Cajun speakers, not to mention speakers of Native American languages, who lived in the area now covered by the USA. So being linguistically similar has never been a requirement for being a citizen of the USA. Our history is full of immigration of non-English speakers who became successfully integrated into American culture. In fact, probably the great majority of Americans don't have to look too far back into their heritage to find someone who didn't speak English as a native language. In my case, it's my great-grandmother. Unfortunately, making English an official language might give people the impression that English is somehow a better language than other languages. In this day and age, we continue to get many immigrants and refugees from a number of language backgrounds into our country.

In addition to that, everyone knows that English is the language of power in the US. I know very few immigrants who don't want to learn English because they know what opportunities it will give them. Why would it be necessary to code it into law when everybody wants to learn it already? I used to teach an ESL class in my community and my most faithful student was a 72-year-old woman from Peru. She wanted to learn English because of the opportunities it afforded her. I think it's so sad when people say things like, "If you want to come to this country, just learn English." It's not that they don't want to, but learning a language to a high proficiency usually takes years, and many immigrants are struggling to work long hours and don't have the time or resources to take English classes. In my community, some English classes have to turn people away because they have more people who want to take the class than they have resources to offer. Many people in the US are unsympathetic to the difficulties of learning a new language, probably because not a large percentage of our population becomes fluent in another language through the limited language courses they take in school. For example, one of the answers previous to mine implies that children who speak Spanish at home will not be able to learn English. In fact, children are very astute at learning language, and generally pick it up from their environment. If you think about it, you will probably be able to think of people you know who speak/spoke another language at home but are completely proficient in English. So we have little need to worry about the ability of second-generation Americans to learn English.

The main effect of having English as an official language is that all government business would, by law, be conducted only in English. This would save our government money on printing forms, it's true, but I worry about the effect that it would have on the treatment of speakers of other languages in our country. These people would not have as easy access to civil rights. For example, imagine if someone who only speaks Vietnamese (such as some citizens of California) was accused as a crime, and no translator was provided. This person would have a very hard time exercising his/her right to defend him/herself in a trial.

For me, the possible money-saving benefit of having an official language is not outweighed by the potential increase of discrimination against speakers of other languages and loss of civil rights that might be experienced when English was made the official language of the USA.

On a final note, all languages are valuable as a window into another culture. The more languages and dialects a person can use, the better. I personally feel very enriched by being able to use with at least some proficiency two languages in addition to my native language, and I would like to learn even more. In today's global economy we will need speakers of many languages who will be able to conduct business with people from other cultures. Why would we want to discourage that at all?