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A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Language Policy In California, Steven Gomez
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Language Policy In California, Steven Gomez
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This thesis aims to investigate the issues surrounding California's Proposition 227, an important language policy passed in June of 1998 which drastically limited bilingual education. This proposition requires that all public school systems be in English only. Using a method known as Critical Discourse Analysis, this study exposes the underlying bias embedded in the discourse of newspaper articles from: the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, and the Sacramento Bee. After analyzing articles from these newspapers various themes emerged which indicated that each newspaper adhered to either assimilationists' position which is conservative, or a pluralist position which is backed …
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a study that would test whether the promise of students learning to speak English fluently in a shorter amount of time was met by Proposition 227.