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                                <a href="http://capetalk.co.za/articles/10065/stellies-committed-to-multilingualism-as-council-rejects-language-policy" class="">Stellies 'committed to multilingualism' as council rejects new language policy</a>
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                            <p>The Stellenbosch University’s council <a href="http://ewn.co.za/2015/12/02/Maties-SRC-to-continue-put-pressure-on-management">rejected the proposed language policy</a> to make English the primary language at the historically Afrikaans tertiary institution.</p>
<p>Instead, council voted to retain the <a href="http://ewn.co.za/2015/12/01/Stellenbosch-Current-language-policy-wont-promote-inclusivity">current language policy</a> which places the languages at an equal status.</p><p>Communications
 manger, Susan van der Merwe, said the decision will allow for the 
institution to expand on parallel medium learning, giving English and 
Afrikaans equal status.</p><p><em><strong>Listen to the full conversation from The John Maytham Show:</strong></em></p><div class=""><div style="background-image:url("https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000138150797-0864pr-t500x500.jpg")" class=""> <div class="">   </div> </div>  <div class="" id="progresselement" name="progresselement"> <span style="width:0%" name="progressfallback"></span> </div> <div class="" name="playerElement"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="" name="playerElement"> <div class=""> <div class="">Primedia Broadcasting</div> <div class="" name="audioTitle"><span style="">Stellenbosch University on contested language policy changes</span><span style="">Stellenbosch University on contested language policy changes</span></div> <div id="timercount" class="">00:00 | 07:32</div> </div> </div> </div>

<p>The crux is that we want to ensure that English and Afrikaans does 
not exclude a student from a full academic offering. We want to be a 
multi-lingual institution and there is an enriching factor for the 
students in that.</p><p><a href="http://capetalk.co.za/articles/10065/stellies-committed-to-multilingualism-as-council-rejects-language-policy">http://capetalk.co.za/articles/10065/stellies-committed-to-multilingualism-as-council-rejects-language-policy</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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