Hallo everybody, Most countries with balanced development standards have at least two "must-know" languages. Milburga's efforts and proposals are vital. All westnile children should actually be brought up with the ability to speak more than 3 languages and French must be one.
2011/3/21 milburga atcero <[email protected]> > Thank you Charles for appreciating. > Milburga > --- On *Sun, 3/20/11, Charles Male <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Charles Male <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] French - The Language and it's potential Value > to Uganda > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 7:29 PM > > > Maureen, thanks for forwarding this piece. I totally agree with Milburga > that Uganda has to take French language education very seriously. Uganda is > well positioned within the east african region -- we (used to) have a better > command of English than any other country. We also have great > opportunities to the North of us -- Arabic, and to the east and south - > great kishwahili! If only we could encourage French, Arabic and Kiswhahili > at our schools, our youth would have a competitive advantage over their > counterparts in the region/whole of Africa. > > The importance of being able to function in many languages was best put by > Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette during her address at my graduating > ceremony in 1999. Of the more than 5000 applicants to the Canadian Space > Agency for the Astronaut selection program, Julie emerged among the four > victorious candidates -- according to her, not because she had the best > degree -- she only had a Master's degree then while thousands of applicants > had Doctorates but because she was well prepared...she spoke her native > French, English, Spanish, Italian, Russian and German. > > If our youth in West Nile could speak English, French, Arabic and > Kishwahili (in addition to our local languages), they would stand a better > chance of facing the challenges that lie ahead of them. > > Milburga, thanks for the commentary! > > Charles > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Ayikoru > <[email protected]<http://us.mc355.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Dear All, > > Here is an opinion about the above subject from one of your own, you may > find it useful- click on this link: > http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/-/689364/1128274/-/13c31tsz/-/index.html > > Cheers, > > Maureen > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected]<http://us.mc355.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected]<http://us.mc355.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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