re: #259 Obdicut

Again: If you can show me an paper that says that learning a language from a teacher with an accent while immersed in that language transfers the accent, I’ll change my mind. I do not think that this is the case in the least, though.

And further: There is no official language of the United States. It is not English. There is nothing ‘non-native’ about not speaking English. It would be foolish, harmful, pointless, and certainly show a perverse desire not to assimilate, but one could be a native American and not speak English at all.

Please note, also not all the students labeled English language learners in California are foreign-born, but that’s a problem for another time.