Shaping Language Policy in the U.S.: The Role of Composition Studies

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Situating Language Policy within Composition’s Past, Present, and Future 1 1. The Language Curriculum Research Group: Translating the Students’ Right to Their Own Language Resolution into Pedagogical Practice 30 2. The CCCC National Language Policy: Reframing the Rhetoric of an English-Only United States 70 3. The Defense Department’s National Security Language Policy: Composing Local Responses to the United States’ Critical Language Needs 117 Conclusion: Redefining Language Policy’s Role in Composition Studies 167 Notes 183 Works Cited and Consulted 199 Index 221 ...