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Peer reviewedChiti-Batelli, Andrea – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1986
Warns the European community of the dangers of accepting English as the international language and urges the adoption of Esperanto, a neutral language without its own cultural tradition, as the international lingua franca. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Imperialism, Language Planning
Peer reviewedFoster, Charles R. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1980
Haitians immigrating to the United States speak Creole; at the same time, they frequently claim French as their native language and want their children to be educated in French as well as in English. The teacher of the Haitian immigrant child soon learns that the language which will influence the child's learning of English is not French, but…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Creoles, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDeprez, de Kas; Wynants, Armel – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1994
It is noted that Belgium, particularly Flemish Belgium, is opposed to European unification because of the likelihood of even greater intrusion of foreign influence into the country, especially in Brussels, and an already common negative attitude toward the spread of English. (12 references)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries
