Sentence examples for language minorities from inspiring English sources
Capocasa, M. et al. Detecting genetic isolation in human populations: a study of European language minorities.
"As Congress correctly recognised in the hearings held in 2006 – racial and language minorities face significant voting discrimination in some parts of our country," said Holder.
The growth in language minorities in the USA is matched by an increase in language policies encapsulated by the English-only movement and support for policies controlling immigration and health/welfare services to immigrants.
After this expansion, five counties in Florida, which make up about nine percent of Florida's total voting age population, now fall under Section 5 based on documented discrimination against language minorities.
Congress renewed it twice in the 1970s, adding coverage for language minorities, including Hispanics and American Indians in all or parts of other states, including Arizona, California and Texas.
Professor Glenn is the author of a book, "Educating Immigrant Children: Schools and Language Minorities in 12 Nations" (Garland, 1996), that notes that Sweden, Germany and Australia, among others, work hard to preserve the native languages of immigrants while immersing them in the mainstream.
Why are Latino and other language minority children at such high risk for mental health problems and academic failure?
Prospects: The Congressionally mandated study of educational opportunity and growth: Language minority and limited English proficient students.
This article explores challenges and opportunities for language minority students and their monolingual English-speaking classmates during oral presentations in mainstream 7th grade social studies classrooms.
In 1975, Congress extended Section 5's provisions and expanded its scope to address voting discrimination against members of language minority groups.
It also expanded it to cover discrimination against members of "language minority groups" in places that used only English-language ballots even though substantial numbers of people spoke another language.
