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Feedback invited on the proposed amendments to the University of Pretoria's Language Policy </div>
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18 February 2016
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<p>As part of its ongoing consultation about the University of
Pretoria’s language policy, the University Management had scheduled a
series of meetings with student representative bodies on 18 and 19
February 2016 to provide feedback on the Language Policy Task Team
Report, as well as the proposed amendments to the language policy
contained in the report. Unfortunately, the meetings scheduled for 18
February could not proceed. The meeting scheduled for 19 February is
postponed.</p>
<p><u>Proposed amendments</u></p>
<p>The Language Policy Task Team’s proposed amendments to the policy are:</p>
<ul><li>That English should be the primary language of instruction in all lectures.</li><li>That the University should promote multilingualism as a means of facilitating student success and building social cohesion.</li><li>That Afrikaans and Sepedi should be used to provide additional support to students in tutorials, practicals and discussions.</li><li>Transitional arrangements will be put in place should the proposed amendments listed above be accepted.</li></ul>
<p>Given that the above-mentioned consultation process had to be halted
today we wish to invite staff and students to provide feedback per email
on the proposed amendments listed above.</p>
<p>Feedback should be sent to <a href="mailto:languagepolicy@up.ac.za">languagepolicy@up.ac.za</a> by 29 February 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.up.ac.za/en/news/post_2234927-feedback-invited-on-the-proposed-amendments-to-the-university-of-pretorias-language-policy-">http://www.up.ac.za/en/news/post_2234927-feedback-invited-on-the-proposed-amendments-to-the-university-of-pretorias-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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