Vulnerable Populations PRESENTED BY ATHENA BREWER POLITICS, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

American Monolingualism and its Impacts on Vulnerable Populations PRESENTED BY ATHENA BREWER POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, & ECONOMICS MAJOR ADVISOR: DR. CYNTHIA HOWSON UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, TACOMA

D ELICIOUS Swap Meets • Coping Mechanisms • Interviews at Swap Meets • 13 interviews • 66% Most Difficult: Language • Time, Availability, Pace

Problem? • More classes! Access! Flexibility! • Onus on.. whom? • Monolingualism • 60%-75% more than one language • United States: 21%

Solutions • Teach foreign language! Younger than high school! • More classes! Access! Flexibility! • More classes! Access! Flexibility! • -92% age six: 1 foreign language • Onus on.. whom? • Onus on.. whom? • Americans: 20% • Monolingualism • Monolingualism How? • 60%-75% more than one language • 60%-75% more than one language • Funding and Policies • United States: 21% • United States: 21% • 13,071 total; 298 Washington

Worth the Price • Current system broken ⚬ Higher $, lower placement • Professional opportunities • Educational attainment • Cognitive abilities • Health outcomes

Twice as Nice • Gap in the research here -For immigrants- • More welcomed • More comfortable • Globalized world • Come together & speak each other’s language