In this program, Robert MacNeil heads to California to take part in meaningful dialogues on Spanglish, Chicano, Ebonics, and "Surfer Dude" before going to Seattle to consider the implications of voice-activation technology. Linguist Carmen Fought, Stanford University's Cliff Nass, screenwriters Amy Heckerling and Winnie Holtzman, and others speak their minds about Spanish in America, why teens create their own language, gay self-empowerment by redefining discriminatory terms, the oo-fronting sound shift, and whether technology will reinforce or weaken racial/regional stereotypes. The teaching of standard English without devaluing or denigrating cultural linguistic differences is addressed. Some language may be offensive.

Films Media Group

English language--Spoken English--Pacific Coast (U.S.), English language--Dialects--Pacific Coast (U.S.), English language--United States--Pronunciation, Languages and literature

Do you speak American?

MacNeil, Robert (Host), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Producer), Paladin InVision, Ltd. (Producer), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Producer), KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.) (Producer)

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English

Higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
Role	Distributor
Telephone	800-257-5126
Address	200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619
Email	[email protected]

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