The Context of the Research
This central question is also the focus of the current document. My initial understanding in attempting to answer this question is that such a debate directly impacts governmental processes, business and social laws, and most importantly education. On the North American continent in particular, this impact has played out as religious domination by the Christian church and in terms of ongoing struggles between English and other European languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, and Slavic variations), between English and Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), and between English and the languages spoken by the indigenous tribes of these continents and is exemplified by discussions over bilingual education in its many forms and in the Official English/English Only movement.