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Uncle Sam and Mr Unz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2004

JOSEPH LO BIANCO
JOSEPH LO BIANCO
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Holds the Chair of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne
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Abstract

In the United States today, two developments – concern for national security and the concerns of private citizens – have catapulted languages onto the national policy agenda. The first requires more Americans to learn foreign languages while the second seeks to ban bilingual education. ‘Uncle Sam wants you to learn a foreign language!’

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English Today , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 16 - 22
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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