Jiaqi Zhao is a second-year Master of Public Policy student at the McCourt School of Public Policy. She currently works at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security as an Economic Research Assistant and is also the President of the Georgetown East Asian Policy Association. Recently, she worked on the 2020 Women, Peace and […]
America’s Lackluster Support for Limited English Proficiency Speakers
The English monolingual hegemony in American educational and economic institutions raises barriers for non-fluent English speakers, known as Limited English Proficiency (LEP) speakers. This article outlines the history of LEP advancement, the current condition for LEPs in the United States, and the pitfalls of the English monolingual hegemony for Americans regardless of English proficiency. The […]