The first step in speaking to policy makers is letting them know that as a speaker on an issue McGray is intelligent and credible. Linguistically speaking, the best way to accomplish this critical task is by using formal, professional diction. McGray uses this formal diction throughout the entire length of his eye opening essay. When referring to the disinterest and lack of foreign language emphasis in American class rooms, McGray references to the drastic drop in number of U.S. students studying foreign language from previous years to 2000. McGray states that this drop in interest of foreign language is “…the most obvious anarchism.” (McGray 352) Rather than calling this change simply a change, McGray uses a very formal and intellectual
