Toward a National Public Policy on Language.

Smitherman-Donaldson, Geneva

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Publication Date: 1987

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Toward a National Public Policy on Language.

Smitherman-Donaldson, Geneva

College English, v49 n1 p29-36 Jan 1987

Calls for speech, language, and composition professionals to take up the unfinished business of the Committee on the Students' Right to Their Own Language, bring to fruition the Ann Arbor ruling, and move to counteract reactionary sociolinguistic forces. Proposes a three-pronged national language policy. (FL)

Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English Instruction, Language Skills, Language Usage, Policy Formation, Power Structure, Public Policy

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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