Workshop concludes promising more interventions
‘‘We may offer a doctoral program in Language Documentation focusing on lesser known languages spoken in nooks and corners of the country, and I would consider such proposal if submitted while collaborating with FLI”, this was said by the chair of Linguistic Department in Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Mr. Malik Ajmal Gulzar. The initiative will pave the way for indigenous languages to be studied at the university level, he added. Mr. Gulzar was speaking at the concluding session of a language documentation workshop, FLI organized in Islamabad. The event concluded yesterday. The five-day workshop was organized in collaboration with University of North Texas (UNT) and Allama Iqbal Open University exclusively for university faculties and students. Twenty eight people including professors, researchers and students from the linguistic departments of eight universities participated in the workshop. Additionally, some individuals from FLI’s partner organizations also attended the workshop.
While addressing the ending session, Dr. Muhammad Kamal termed the event a successful activity which, he thought was helpful for all the participants, and suggested to make the workshop a regular part of the language development program on the pattern of summer institute. Dr. Sadaf who travelled from UNT to facilitate the workshop also spoke on the occasion and pledged to continue with FLI in future.
Around a dozen languages were represented in the event. The workshop enabled the participants to use new tools and technologies in documenting the languages. It’s hoped that the event will benefit our languages and cement FLI’s relationship with universities’ linguistic departments for future collaboration.
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