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Response Task for US Language Landscape
Response Task 1 10%
As you browse through the news headlines, note down headlines, the dates, and languages in the incidents listed in the newspapers.
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Write a paragraph in response to the questions below:
• What attitudes towards people speaking a language other than English (LOTE) have you witnessed?
• Have you or any of your friends or family members personally encountered similar attitudes? Explain.
Response Task 2: How Did We Get Here? 20%
Based on the Business Insider video and your own knowledge of US history, answer the following. Do not use English in any of your answers!
1. What were the main languages of America in 1600, prior to the arrival of the English?
2. What were the main languages of America in 1700, after the European colonization?
(English is given)
3. What were the main languages of the United States in 1800, 25 years after the birth of the United States? (English is given)
4. What were the main languages of the United States between 1900 and 2000? (English is given)
Response Task 3: The Melting Pot? 20%
A. What are some historical reasons the United States does not have an official language?
B. Complete the tasks below:
• List the top 10 languages of the United States in 2019 and the number of Americans who speak those languages.
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• Which of the languages on the list are frequently spoken by NYC public school students? Are you familiar with NYC neighborhoods in which one can encounter those languages? Give examples of neighborhoods and languages, based on your personal experience.
Response Task 4: The Language Graveyard?40%
The videos in this part of the lecture give a general picture of the so-called “assimilation” and “Americanization” in the United States.
A. Native American languages
In the video “Language. Native Americans,” one of the first speakers associates language with the adjective dead. Why? What are the family stories in the two clips you watched? What does Wiley (2010) say about what happened to native American children on p. 309?
Your task:
• Describe the story of Native American language loss in the US in your own words in a paragraph or two.
• What did you personally learn about the original languages of America?
B. German language (based on Prof. Rakowicz’s ELN 101 materials)
Based on the videos, consider (a) what the anti-Germansentiments and attitudes were; (b) what caused these attitudes; (c) and what these attitudes meant for the German language at the time.
Your task, respond to a, b, and c above:
• Describe the story of German language dominance and loss in the US in your own words in a paragraph or two.
• What does the case of German language in the United States teach us? What lesson do you think the case of German offers us?
Response Task 520%
Based on the article,
• What are the explanations for the lack of truly multilingual presidents in the United States after Franklin Delano Roosevelt (US president 1933-1945)? List at least four reasons given in the article “Why American Presidents Aren’t Bilingual Anymore.”
• In the past presidential elections, bilingual candidates have been attacked for their linguistic capabilities, particularly by the Republican party. However, in 2016 some presidential candidates, for example Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush,and Marco Rubio, flaunted their Spanish-speaking skills. What was the political reason for their use of Spanish in presidential campaigns? Do you expect more politicians to follow their example? Why or why not?
Reflect:
In your opinion, is Spanish destined for the US language graveyard? How can Spanish-speaking communities avoid the language loss experienced by the Native American and German-speaking communities? How is it possible not to “repeat history”? Express your opinion; be sure to support it with what you have learned in this lecture and previous course material.