America the Bilingual
Series produced by Steve Leveen
Image by: Carlos Plaza Design Studio
America the Bilingual
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An America proudly bilingual will be a country capable of truly hearing the world — and, therefore, an America the world truly wants to hear.
America from sea to shining sea, united with one language…and united with hundreds more. No country comes close to America in the quantity and diversity of our immigrant citizens. In time, we will come to appreciate the treasure contained in the voices of our immigrants and other bilinguals, and view these voices as International Language Capital, an important subset of the nation’s Human Capital.
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When adult language learners start out, they might sound (a) like a native speaker, (b) like Taylor Swift, (c) like they’re ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 14:37
In the west African country of Cameroon, it’s not unusual for youngsters playing a neighborhood game of soccer to encounter different languages amo...
- Added: Jun 20, 2019
- Length: 12:10
None of us can master every language, but we can all learn phrases that extend a symbolic hand in greeting and say, “To show I respect you, and the...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 17:27
In 2005, North Carolina had seven dual-language schools; in 2018, there were 140. A 2018 graduating class at one of these dual-language high school...
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 14:24
This fifth episode in our series on some of the finest summer language immersion programs takes us to Université Sainte-Anne in the tiny village of...
- Added: Apr 11, 2019
- Length: 27:06
While bilingual schools for spoken languages are becoming more popular in America, fewer children are attending bilingual schools for signed langua...
- Added: Mar 28, 2019
- Length: 14:18
n the United States, we hear periodic news reports about people being accosted for speaking another language in public. In order to be a patriotic,...
- Added: Mar 17, 2019
- Length: 33:57
On September 11, 2001, the value of knowing another language was probably the last thing on the minds of most Americans. But 9/11 revealed another ...
- Added: Feb 27, 2019
- Length: 28:43
In our continuing series of dual language summer immersion programs, in Episode 37 of the America the Bilingual podcast, we learn what it means to ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2019
- Length: 29:50
In our continuing series of episodes featuring the most well-known summer language immersion programs in America, in Episode 36 we travel to Dartmo...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 24:50
World War I shattered a way of life for millions. But one positive result, invented by a German-American immigrant, continues to deliver blessings ...
- Added: Jan 09, 2019
- Length: 27:45
Jenny K. Messner credits the high school cultural exchange program of AFS with transforming her life. Living in Brazil for a year in the 1970s, Jen...
- Added: Nov 21, 2018
- Length: 14:23
Immersion, say many who’ve done it, is the best way to learn another language. But moving to Florence or Fez isn’t the only way to achieve it. Movi...
- Added: Nov 05, 2018
- Length: 20:03
My talk with Bill Davis — journalist, editor, radio and television host, speechwriter and jet-setter — on bilingualism, being cheeky with the Queen...
- Added: Oct 23, 2018
- Length: 17:04
What older generations may remember from their language classes—drills of verb conjugations, constant corrections of grammar and sentence structure...
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- Added: Sep 06, 2018
- Length: 18:56
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Among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, there are fewer than 200 first-language speakers of Cherokee. In Episode 30 of Americ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2018
- Length: 11:50
“The hearing community tends to see deaf people and signing as something that’s on the sidelines of our society rather than in the mainstream….[but...
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- Added: Jul 13, 2018
- Length: 12:17
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“We have ground rules,” said Amjad, an Arab American speaking about his family of five, “and the ground rules say in public places we don’t speak a...
- Added: Jun 24, 2018
- Length: 18:52
When people find out I’m learning Spanish, they frequently ask me, “How are you doing it?” It’s an obvious question. But over the years I’ve discov...
- Added: Jun 06, 2018
- Length: 16:06
Even at 16 we may be too old to learn a new language and speak it without an accent. So what about us adults over 50? Should we even bother trying?...
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- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 1
