So they want us to learn French : promoting and opposing bilingualism in English-speaking Canada

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So they want us to learn French : promoting and opposing bilingualism in English-speaking Canada

Title remainder

promoting and opposing bilingualism in English-speaking Canada

Statement of responsibility

Matthew Hayday

Creator

• Hayday, Matthew, 1977-

Contributor

• EBSCOhost

Subject

• Bilingualism -- Canada -- History
• Bilingualism -- Political aspects -- Canada
• Bilingualism -- Social aspects -- Canada

Language

eng

Summary

Bilingualism has become a defining aspect of Canadian identity. But why don't more English Canadians actually speak French? So They Want Us to Learn French explores the various ways in which bilingualism was promoted to English-speaking Canadians from the 1960s to the late 1990s. It analyzes the strategies and tactics employed by organizations on both sides of the bilingualism debate. Attentive to the dramatic background of constitutional change, economic turmoil, demographic shifts, and Quebec separatism, Matthew Hayday's vivid account places the personal experience of Canadians faced with the issue and reality of Canadian bilingualism within a historical, political, and social context.--

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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Ebsco eBook Collection