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ERIC Number: EJ842298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 64
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Composing Alternatives to a National Security Language Policy
Wible, Scott
College English, v71 n5 p460-485 May 2009
President Bush's National Security Language Initiative focuses narrowly on gearing language education to security and military needs. English educators should work with their counterparts in foreign language departments to promote a broader view, one that encourages study of the multiple language groups that currently exist within the United States. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Language Planning, National Security, Second Language Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Practices, Educational Needs, Sociolinguistics, Politics of Education, Anthropological Linguistics
National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States