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AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - San Francisco International Film Festival | MEDIA & COMMUNICATION AWARD - California Association of Bilingual Education | RECOMMENDED - Video Librarian Language • Sociolinguistics • Educational Policy • Ethnic Studies • Sociology Date of Completion: 2009 | Run Time: 56 minutes​​ | Language: English, Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin with English, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide | Directors & Producers: Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider Against the backdrop of “English-only” initiatives in 31 states, one school district is proving that speaking a foreign language can be an asset. SPEAKING IN TONGUES follows students from diverse backgrounds as they become bilingual in language immersion programs. Their stories traverse a number of perennial challenges facing America: economic inequality, de facto segregation, and increasing nativist backlash towards immigrants. As bilingualism

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