Here are some films that people on the linganth list have mentioned as good to show in class: Mickey Mouse Monopoly (good with Lippi-Green): http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=112 Multilingual… Read More »Films to show in class
You can use this clip from the George Lopez TV show to analyze code-switching.
In this clip from I Love Lucy, Lucy is intent on teaching her future child to speak “perfect English”, and she criticizes her husband Ricky Ricardo’s… Read More »Perfect English in I Love Lucy
In this interview for ESPN Deportes, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski attempts to speak some Spanish and ends the interview by saying, “Yo soy fiesta”… Read More »Rob Gronkowski “Yo soy fiesta”
In this clip from the 2012 Golden Globes, the TV series Modern Family is presented with an award, and the legitimacy of Spanish and intelligibility… Read More »Spanish at the Golden Globes
Newt Gingrich argues against bilingual education because English is “the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghetto.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rF694NzjPU [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rF694NzjPU[/youtube] Here is his… Read More »Gingrich and the language of prosperity
Here is an attack ad against Romney linking his ability to speak French to all kinds of negative character traits. Pair this with the Huntsman ad… Read More »Attack against Romney for speaking French
Here is a youtube playlist that features clips concerning the English-Only movement here in the United States: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEPh_KlTyII&list=PL50C040C00C62A056&index=1&feature=plpp_video [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEPh_KlTyII&list=PL50C040C00C62A056&index=1&feature=plpp_video[/youtube] Included are some of the more… Read More »English Only movement in the United States
This political ad features an imagined lecture, in Beijing in 2030 in Mandarin (e.g. after the Chinese have trounced the US) complete with evil ha… Read More »Yellow Peril Political Ads: China as a threat to the US
This is an ad from New Hampshire which features shots of Jon Huntsman speaking Mandarin and asking questions like “the Manchurian candidate. What’s he hiding?” “American… Read More »Yellow Peril Political Ads: Jon Hunstman
Republican Peter Hoekstra, candidate for US Senate, made a campaign video/mock website with an Asian American doing some Mock Asian (“Your economy get very weak,ours get… Read More »Yellow Peril Political Ads: Peter Hoekstra