the united states remains an underdeveloped country when it comes to language skills. immigrants are importing their mother tongues at record rates. yet the vast majority of americans remain stubbornly monolingual. ignorance of other languages and cultures handicaps the united states in dealing with the rest of the world. today the language policies in the united states address this problem primarily with efforts to teach “foreign” languages to monolingual americans. meanwhile, the united states seeks to eliminate these same skills among ethnic minorities by reducing existing bilingual programs, out of misplaced fears ofdiversity or haste to force their assimilation. instead of focusing on immigrants’ disabilities in english, why not encourage them to maintain their abilities in their mother tongues while they learn english?

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