Sunday, September 14, 2008

English-Only Debate

I believe that proper speaking English should be the official language of the United States. I believe it should be the official language because it would bring the entire country closer together. Making business transaction, and engaging in a conversation with one another would be a whole lot easier for everyone. But I still believe that we should accept other languages because diversity is always a good thing and it brings more variety in terms of business to th US. I believe this country should have an official second language as well because it wouldn't be fair if English was the language you had to learn only and you don't have an option to choose another language. Whatever the second official language would be, it would appeal to that particular ethnicity to come to the US. Many other countries have multiple languages and it doesn't really effect them that much so it doesn't really make much sense to me as to why the US would have just one official language. There are some negatives having the US as the official language. Forcing others to learn the English language could be unappealing to foreigners when they think about coming to the United States. Foreigners may loose their natives culture in the process and some may find it a bit discouraging to learn a ne language but I still believe the English language should be the official language of the United States. It would make communication relatively easier.

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