preparing a speech

[grimble crumble]

I hate to make a thread for this but im preparing a speech and am having trouble finding information and references that basically show how america/americans are far behind other countries when it comes to being bilingual.

if someone could give me some quick links that would be awsome

-thanks

 

[drewmandan]

Try the US Census Bureau.

 

[sunshinefix]

Are you talking about bilingual as in using another language since childhood? Also, what is this speech for (ie. high school English class, undergrad speech class, your job...etc., etc.)?

I am not sure what library resources are available to you, so I will just give you a lot of resources and hopefully you find one of these available to you in your area.

Encyclopedia of Human Development. Ed. Neil J. Salkind. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2006. p168-170. (found using Gale Virtual Reference Library which is a database)

Lee, E., & Norton, B. (2009). The English language, multilingualism, and the politics of location. International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 12(3), 277-290. (Found on Academic Search Complete--it has a downloadable .pdf)

Hopefully this is helpful to you...
Hopefully this is the kind of stuff you're interested in...
Here is a link to census info. regarding language spoken at home other than english
http://factfinder.census.gov/servle...2008_3YR_G00_S1601&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_

factfinder.census.gov also has other information for people in the US that speak a language other than English.

If you are unsure of what reference material is available to you in your area, usually local libraries (public and university regardless of memberships or whatever) offer an "ask a librarian" feature. Also, you can PM me because I have access to pretty much every database imaginable through my university and I'm a librarian

 

[grimble crumble]

Are you talking about bilingual as in using another language since childhood? Also, what is this speech for (ie. high school English class, undergrad speech class, your job...etc., etc.)?

I am not sure what library resources are available to you, so I will just give you a lot of resources and hopefully you find one of these available to you in your area.

Encyclopedia of Human Development. Ed. Neil J. Salkind. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2006. p168-170. (found using Gale Virtual Reference Library which is a database)

Lee, E., & Norton, B. (2009). The English language, multilingualism, and the politics of location. International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 12(3), 277-290. (Found on Academic Search Complete--it has a downloadable .pdf)

Hopefully this is helpful to you...
Hopefully this is the kind of stuff you're interested in...
Here is a link to census info. regarding language spoken at home other than english
http://factfinder.census.gov/servle...2008_3YR_G00_S1601&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_

factfinder.census.gov also has other information for people in the US that speak a language other than English.

If you are unsure of what reference material is available to you in your area, usually local libraries (public and university regardless of memberships or whatever) offer an "ask a librarian" feature. Also, you can PM me because I have access to pretty much every database imaginable through my university and I'm a librarian

ah damn I whish I would have seen this post sooner. I appreciate the help but the speech was said this morning at 6 am. felt really good about the content I came up with thought.