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English has been taught on the island of Puerto Rico since 1898 when, as a result of Spanish American War, the Island became a possession of the United States
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People had pride in native language.Puerto Ricans were not commited to assimilate the language and culture wanted to be inpose upon them.
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First change in Puerto Rican Language policy. it introduced teaching all subjects in English in the public school system witgh was very much in line with the assimilationist orrientation of the moment.
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Foraker act createda Civil Legislature.
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Commissioner Brumbaugh,decidede that English wold be the language of instruction only in the secondary schools.
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The Official language Act grantedofficial status to English and Spanish.
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Theodore Rosvelt's Commissioner of Education re-establish English as the medium of education in all grades.
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the "Asociacion de Maestros" is born and since the begining the language is one of the main concerns and began to presure the system.
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Gave Puerto Ricans American citizenship.
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1917,Spanish was reinstated as a medium of instruction for the first four grades.
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U.S. teachers were employed on the island in an effort to improve the quality of English instruction.
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Commissioner of Education Jose Padin, introduced a language policy wich required all subject exept English to be taught in Spanish for the first eight grades.
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Blanton S. Winthrop, named governor by President Franklin Roosevelt, made English the language of instruction in all grades.
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English was restablished as the language of instruction in the secondary schools.
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1947 Law, gave Puerto Ricans pawer to elect their own governor.
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The first elected Governor, Luis Muñoz Marin,established Spanish as the oficial language of instruccion in all grades. English was to be taught for one period a day as a second language.
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Return migrants or "Neoticans" were trained by the Department of Public Education to teach English in Puerto Rico.
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An example of language policies directed toward a political goalhave been the Spanish only law approved by the popular Party in1991
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Law Number 1,a Pro Statehood party language policy witch established both English and Spanish as officisl languages on the island.
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Luis Fortuño Elected Governor of the island established a project to create a bilingual citizent. From kinder garden to third grade subject have to be thougt in English.There are several Bilingual schoold established solidly araund the island.
