Reading Questions for 01/4 Name: . Batistella, Bad Language, Bad Citizens Vocabulary: manualism vs. oralism; language maintenance; bilingual education 1. What were the dominant concerns of the founders of the United States with regard to language? 2. How did language and language attitudes relate to questions of assimilation and cultural pluralism in the pre-20th Century United States? 3. What are some of the similarities and differences among attitudes toward foreign language learning, deaf manualism, Native American languages, bilingual education and English-only legislation? .

1. Reading Questions for 01/4 Name:
.
Batistella, Bad Language, Bad Citizens
Vocabulary: manualism vs. oralism; language maintenance;
bilingual education
1. What were the dominant concerns of the founders of the
United States with regard to language?
2. How did language and language attitudes relate to questions
of assimilation and cultural pluralism in the pre-20th Century
United States?
3. What are some of the similarities and differences among
attitudes toward foreign language learning, deaf manualism,
Native American languages, bilingual education and English-
only legislation?