Issue Analysis toward exploratory paper--

 

Identify, for your issue, three possible positions:

FOR, AGAINST, (MIDDLE)

 

Should English be the official language of the United States?

 

FOR: Yes, it should.

--Without a single national language we are a disunited nation and have no sense of a cultural center.

 

AGAINST: No, it should not.

--We should embrace the pluralism and multiculturalism of different languages; multi-culturalism in truly democratic.

 

MIDDLE: No, English should not be the only language of government, but it should be the only language of instruction in

the public schools.

--Children should have the opportunity to learn English even if their parents choose to continue speaking other languages.

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