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<h1 class="">Free State University to review language policy</h1>
<span id="spnDate" class="">2015-06-11 19:47</span>
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<p class="">Dirk Lotriet, News24</p>
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<p>Bloemfontein - The
University of the Free State Council has mandated the institution's
management to lead a formal review of its language policy, the
university announced on Thursday.</p><p>The review will follow a comprehensive process of consultation with all university stakeholders. </p><p>The
process will include the creation of multiple opportunities and forums
for participation, as well as the formation of a university language
committee which will receive and assess all views on the policy before
making recommendations.</p><p>“The review is an open-ended process and
three broad outcomes are possible - that the parallel-medium policy
remains in place; that minor adjustments are made to the policy; [and]
that major changes are made to the existing policy,” the university said
in a statement.</p><p>UFS’s parallel-medium language policy has caused a lot of controversy after the rector, Professor <a href="http://whoswho.co.za/prof-jonathan-jansen-5582" title="" rel="/Handlers/WhosWhoTooltip.ashx?url=http://www.Whoswho.co.za/hover.php?uid=5582" class="">Jonathan Jansen</a>,
said in his weekly letter to staff early in May that it was clear to
him that the current language policy was a problem for most staff and
students. </p><p>Proposals for a single-medium teaching language were submitted at a meeting on April 28.</p><p>The language committee’s recommendations will be presented to council at its November 2015 meeting.</p><p><a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Free-State-University-to-review-language-policy-20150611">http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Free-State-University-to-review-language-policy-20150611</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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