College Composition and Communication Sep 2019

Writing Studies’ Concessions to the English-Only Movement: Revisiting CCCC’s National Language Policy and Its Reception

Katherine S. Flowers

Abstract

This article analyzes how public policymakers responded to CCCC’s 1988 National Language Policy. While many treated CCCC as a leading critic of English-only policies, others interpreted the organization to be more of a hesitant critic, or even an outright ally of the English-only movement. Rather than cede rhetorical ground to monolingual ideologies, policies, and movements, I argue for language policies that place less emphasis on English and more on language as a right and a translingual practice.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201930293
Open Access
Closed
Topics
translingualism

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