Thursday, October 23, 2008

My take on "Your Mother-Tongue VS English"

An argument about the language variety at Rhodes University was presented in the opinion piece entitled "YOUR MOTHER-TONGUE VS ENGLISH." I, however, disagree with some of the points made in this argument. It would be an impossible task to cater to the linguistic needs of all the individuals at this university. English is the language employed to accommodate the majority of the students and it would be unintelligent to think otherwise. By making the choice to come to university (Rhodes or any other university) you should understand that English is the language in which tutorials, lectures and practical are conducted. Other than that, nobody other than yourself can determine what language you speak around campus and you are simply arguing this point based on assumptions. Nobody is forcing you to speak English around campus and, in my opinion, the more language variety within the campus the better.

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