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You are welcome Joe. I am ashamed to say I don't have the link to info to his website. Could direct me to it?Thanks!
PETER W.VAKUNTA
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
602 VAN HISE HALL
1220 LINDEN DRIVE
MADISON WI 53706-1525
U.S.A
Office 608 262 4067
Home 608 442 6089
Cell 608 381 0407
"The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write its own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba
----- Original Message -----
From: "Conduah, Joe" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:58 am
Subject: RE: This is simply put ... REFRESHING !!!!!!!
To: "'Peter W. Vakunta'" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: 'African Association of Madison' <[log in to unmask]>
> Peter, this is refresing indeed.
> Can you post it at Obama's website where his critics can read
> Thanks
> Joe Conduah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: African Association of Madison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Peter W. Vakunta
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: This is simply put ... REFRESHING !!!!!!!
>
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> AAM/AWA FAMILY PICNIC
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> SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008, ELVER PARK, 2PM 8PM
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>
> 10TH AFRICANFEST ANNIVERSARY
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> SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008, WARNER PARK 11AM 7PM
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> Senator Obama couldn't have said it better. Language experts have pointed
> out that multilingualism is indispensable in todays global village.
> In
> fact, monolingualism, they argue, is now an anachronism in the contemporary
> multilingual/multicultural societies in which we live. Bilingualism
> is an
> added advantage to the bilingual individual and to the nation as a whole
> given that what is acquired in one language is easily transferable to
> the
> second language. This is an enriching acquisition. Multilingualism broadens
> the mindset of individuals in the linguistic community, enabing them
> to see
> the world through more than one prism. Studies have shown that multilingual
> individuals exhibit a higher degree of cognitive ability than monolinguals.
> Sadly enough, while some people have understood the invaluable
> importance of
> linguistic pluralism;others have stuck to their guns and continued to
> delude
> themselves that linguistic ignorance is bliss. I recall the time when
> former
> President J
> acques Chirac of France visited my home country and addressed the
> nation in
> impeccable English to the utter dismay of our President who is a monolingual
> ruling an officially bilingual nation! On that occasion, the president
> resorted to the services of an interpreter in order to understand what
> Chirac was saying. Talk of an irony of sorts! For those who may be wondering
> why Chirac addressed Cameroonians in English, let it be known that Cameroon
> has English and French as official languages, having been colonized by
> France and Great Britain at the same time.
>
>
> PETER W.VAKUNTA
> DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN
> UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
> 602 VAN HISE HALL
> 1220 LINDEN DRIVE
> MADISON WI 53706-1525
> U.S.A
> Office 608 262 4067
> Home 608 442 6089
> Cell 608 381 0407
>
> "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write its own
> history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008 3:55 pm
> Subject: This is simply put ... REFRESHING !!!!!!!
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> > AAM/AWA FAMILY PICNIC
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> > SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008
> >
> > ELVER PARK, 2PM 8PM
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> >
> > 10TH AFRICANFEST ANNIVERSARY
> >
> > SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
> >
> > WARNER PARK 11AM 7PM
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> > Obama dismisses conservative criticism
> >
> > By LIZ SIDOTI
> > Associated Press Writer
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_el_pr/obama
> >
> > Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday
> over
> > a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills.
> >
> > "The Republicans jumped on this. I said, absolutely immigrants
> need
> > to learn English, but we also need to learn foreign languages," the
>
> > likely Democratic nominee said as the 1,000-plus crowd in a school
>
> > gymnasium cheered. It's a position he long has held.
> >
> > "This is an example of some of the problems we get into when
> somebody
> > attacks you for saying the truth, which is: We should want our
> > children with more knowledge. We should want our children to have
> more
> > skills. There's nothing wrong with that. That's a good thing. I
> know,
> > because I don't speak a foreign language. It's embarrassing," Obama
>
> > said chuckling as his audience did the same.
> >
> > At issue was a remark the Illinois senator made Monday in Powder
> > Springs, Ga., that drew laughter from the crowd but disdain from
>
> > conservatives and groups advocating English as the official U.S.
> > language. His remark has caused buzz on the Internet and talk radio.
> >
> > The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC said in a statement,
> "Barack
> > Obama has stepped on a political land mine by stating Americans
> should
> > be forced to learn to speak Spanish." But that's not what Obama said.
> >
> > Obama was answering a question on education when he said he
> doesn't
> > understand people who say "we need English only."
> >
> > "I agree that immigrants should learn English," Obama said. "But
> > instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English
> > they'll learn English you need to make sure your child can speak
>
> > Spanish. You should be thinking about how can your child become
> > bilingual. We should have every child speaking more than one language."
> >
> > He argued that the country should be emphasizing foreign language
>
> > study in classrooms.
> >
> > "You know, it's embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they
> all
> > speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go
>
> > over to Europe and all we can say is 'merci beaucoup!'" Obama said,
> laughing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
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> >
> > "Instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my
> > baskets,
> > I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them."
> > WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau 1854
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