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Bale, Jeff – Language Policy, 2011
This paper explores a period of advocacy on behalf of Spanish language education in the United States from 1914 to 1945. It interrogates claims made by policy actors about the centrality of Spanish language education to US geopolitical and economic interests in Latin America. I make two arguments: first, that realization of US economic and…
Descriptors: Language Role, Second Language Instruction, Advocacy, Economic Factors