1. What does it actually mean to make some language(s) official in a country? What does it look like? What are the effects of that? – in educational environments – in business environments – in government activities and communications 2. Why doesn’t the USA have any official language? Why might it make sense this way? (Advantages of NOT having an official language) 3. What are some reasons why it would make sense to make English the official language? (Advantages of having an official language)